Jürgen Hendrich B.Sc. (Hons) (Geology), PDM
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer


Jürgen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MEO in June 2008 and Managing Director in July 2008.

He began his professional career in 1984 as a Petroleum Geologist with Esso Australia (wholly owned by ExxonMobil) and in a career spanning nearly 12 years, progressed from technical roles to commercial roles including strategic planning, business analysis and Joint Venture relations.

In 1996 he commenced his investment banking career with JB Were (now Goldman Sachs JB Were) where he became a top rated Energy Analyst prior to moving into funds management and subsequently founded his own consulting practice specialising in advising emerging companies.

In 2004 Jürgen joined Australian broking firm Tolhurst where he headed resources research and for the two years prior to joining MEO he was Director, Corporate Finance.