SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Zeotech Limited (ASX: ZEO) announced that Mr Alister Morrison has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 13 March 2023.
Alister Morrison is an accomplished senior executive with 25-years of strategic international experience, mainly across the energy, natural resources and early-stage technology commercialisation sectors.
He has worked for a range of organisations including US and UK listed companies and has a track record in raising capital, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), building and managing high performance teams, developing technical assets and driving corporate growth.
Prior to joining Zeotech, Mr Morrison will have spent approximately five years at UniQuest, the University of Queensland’s (“UQ”) main commercialisation company, as Senior Director & Head of Physical Sciences, based in Brisbane, Australia.
During his time at UniQuest, he led the initial commercialisation of the Company’s proprietary mineral processing innovation and maintained contractual management oversight of the main research programs undertaken at UQ, and in doing so acquired an intimate understanding of Zeotech’s core intellectual property (IP), technology development roadmap, and ongoing commercialisation pathway.
Mr Morrison previously worked for Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) at its earlier international headquarters near London, UK, where he was Senior Commercial Advisor and helped build-up and then secure a US$860 million asset divestment transaction in North Africa.
He also held a Senior Manager role with Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE: GKP) where he chiefly managed the economics strategy planning for a large onshore asset development in the Middle East.
Alister Morrison also spent time with Wood Mackenzie (now part of Verisk Analytics) in Edinburgh, UK, where he was Lead Energy Analyst for the Indian subcontinent region; and Arthur D. Little (ADL) strategy management consultants where he led part of a large-scale performance improvement strategy project for an integrated oil, gas and chemicals client in Europe.
He has also operated in business development roles globally, including across the Asia Pacific region.
Mr Morrison holds a Batchelor of Science (BSc Hons) degree in Geology and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Applied Geophysics, both from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and an accredited Australian Certified Economic Developer (ACEcD).