Management Team
Geoffrey Towner
Managing Director

Mr Towner was appointed the Managing Director of Amadeus in 1995. Over the past 20 years he has held several oil and gas, public company-based directorships in Australia. He has extensive experience in oil, gas and agriculture in Australia and the USA, gaining vast knowledge and expertise in the oil and gas industry while living and working in Dallas, Texas from 1985-1989.
Mitchell Wells
Chief Operating Officer

In April 2008, Mr Wells was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Amadeus Energy at the Perth head office. He holds both a Bachelor of Law (L.LB) and a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm). As COO, working alongside the Managing Director, he is responsible for coordinating the planning, development and implementation of the Company’s overall strategic business plans.
Mr Wells has extensive international management experience across a number of industries, most recently holding the role of Project Leader and Lawyer for the Anschutz Entertainment Group and The O2 in London, UK. Previous positions have included In-house counsel for The London Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games (LOCOG); In-house counsel for London’s successful 2012 Olympic bid; Visiting Attorney for Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in the USA and an Associate to the Supreme Court Judge of Western Australia.
Caroline Bentley
Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer

Mrs Bentley was appointed Company Secretary in November 2000 and is the Company's Chief Financial Officer, she was also a Director for the period from December 2002 to October 2009. Mrs Bentley is a chartered accountant and CPA with experience in the resources sector and public practice. Previous roles include Perth Manager of Finance with diamond producer Ashton Mining Ltd. She was also employed in the audit division of KPMG Peat Marwick for three years.
Betty Dieter
President - Amadeus Petroleum Inc.

In August 2008, Ms Betty Dieter was appointed as President of Amadeus Petroleum Inc. (the Company’s wholly-owned US operating subsidiary). Ms Dieter brings more than 30 years of operational experience in the oil and gas sector to this new role. Her most recent position was Director of Acquisitions for Fidelity Exploration & Production Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) where she negotiated US$1 billion worth of asset acquisitions.
Ms Dieter is a qualified accountant with both a Masters Degree in Finance and a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Her previous roles include Vice-President of Operations for Hallwood Energy Corporation where she was responsible for the operation of over 1,500 oil and gas properties across nine States and the supervision of over 85 field and office staff across eight separate offices. Her property portfolio at that time included the White Eagle Project in Kansas, 85% of which is now owned by Amadeus. Prior to joining Hallwood she worked for a number of independent public and private oil and gas companies including Bellwether Exploration and Petroventures, Inc.

