Our Director, through senior roles in Chevron and Tokyo Gas, has extensive expertise and experience in managing multi-billion dollars industrial projects.
Daein Cha | Director
With over 25 years of energy and resources industries experience combined with extensive for profit and non-profit venture start up and management experience, Daein specialises in small and large scale energy business development, industrial major capital project management, commodity sales and trading, and entrepreneurship.
Daein joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd in 1998 and has since served roles of increasing responsibilities including Manager of LNG procurement & trading, and Manager of LNG upstream business development. Daein joined Chevron Australia (Chevron) in 2012 as Deputy Business Manager and in 2014 as Deputy Project Manager for the Gorgon Expansion Project. He also served on the Project Leadership Team to manage the development of Chevron's Gorgon Stage 2 and Jansz-Io Compression projects.
Daein is the founder and Director of Transborders Energy since 2016, founder and Managing Director of deepC Store since 2021, and Senior Projects Manager for Future Energy Exports CRC since 2023. Daein is also Deputy Chair for the CCUS Network Australia.
Daein received his Bachelor’s degree in management from the International Christian University (Japan), Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business (USA), and qualification as Certified Cost Professional (CCP) of AACE International. Daein is also a certified member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) and the Society of Decision Professionals (SDP).
