Board of directors
Jeffrey Largier
Chairman
Khosrow Kyanian
Director
Stephen Tobin
Director
Greg Dunlop
Director

Our team

Chris Kneipp
CEO & Company Secretary
Chris is Terrex Seismic’s CEO and Company Secretary. A respected senior executive, Chris joined Terrex Seismic in 2018 following a variety of executive roles in several high growth ASX listed companies. Chris is passionate about organisational change and always leads from the front without compromising the highest levels of safety management, business integrity, and corporate responsibility.
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James Cagney
Chief Operations Officer
James as Chief Operating Officer has extensive experience in 2D and 3D onshore seismic acquisition. With a seismic acquisition and surveying background spanning over 17 years both within Australia and abroad James is an integral part in leading the operational team at Terrex Seismic and provides invaluable leadership and insight into the planning and integrity of our operational efforts.
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Ricky DeRuyter
Chief Financial Officer
Joining Terrex Seismic in 2017, Ricky as Chief Financial Officer brings a wealth of knowledge and experience offering strong commercial insight and understanding towards the achievement of strategic and operational business outcomes and improvements within Terrex Seismic.

Ben Shave
Key Account Manager
Ben Shave as Key Account Manager brings to the role a wealth of knowledge and experience in operations, resourcing, and logistics from his 20 years of working globally on onshore and offshore seismic surveys. Ben is a keen advocate of operational integrity and brings a wealth of practical knowledge to the team.
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Richard Barnwell
Chief Geophysicist
Richard is Terrex Seismic’s Chief Geophysicist. In addition to leading the geophysical integrity of our seismic designs Richard is also responsible for managing our in-field processing department. With over 25 years’ experience in industry Richard is highly proficient in working with a wide range of data acquisition and processing techniques and ensures that the geophysical objectives of seismic remain centre stage when planning client surveys.
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Richard Barnes
Senior Operations Manager
Richard “Dicko” has an extensive 2D & 3D onshore seismic career spanning over 35 years. As Operations Manager for Terrex Seismic since 2004, Richard is a well respected and crucial member of the team. With extensive experience domestically and abroad, Richard has a deep operational understanding of all aspects of acquiring onshore seismic surveys.

Peter Cameron
HR & HSEQT Manager
Peter joined Terrex Seismic in 2022 as the Health, Safety, Environment and Training Manager bringing with him over 25 years HSET experience in such diverse industries as mining, oil and gas, forestry, energy, defense, exploration drilling, and maritime OSV. Peter's commitment to OH&S is driven by his genuine passion for the health, safety and wellbeing of others and he takes pride in his personal integrity and ethics that greatly assists in achieving the business HSET objectives and targets.
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