Mr Lusted was previously Technical Director of Aurora from 14 April 2008 until August 2013. As well as being responsible for all technical activities carried out by Aurora, Mr Lusted played an active role in investor and stakeholder relations. He has international oil & gas experience, having begun his career in the industry in 1991 with Shell International after serving for several years as an officer in the Royal Navy. At Shell, Mr Lusted gained upstream operations experience in a variety of locations including the North Sea, SE Asia and onshore Europe. He was responsible for field operations including drilling and well operations on semi-submersibles, platform, jack up and land facilities. In 1998 Mr Lusted established Leading Edge Advantage (LEA), an advanced drilling project management consultancy based in Aberdeen and subsequently in Perth, Australia. Mr Lusted led a number of multi-discipline project teams that implemented world first technology applications often in complex jurisdictions. Mr Lusted then spent 3 years as Technical Director for Cape Energy, a private oil and gas company with development assets in the Philippines and Australia, before joining Aurora and in 2008 was appointed Technical Director. Mr Lusted was responsible for all technical matters at Aurora and took on additional management roles including investor relations.