Head of CCS Solutions

Rosie is a technical authority on CCS in Australia, engaging with federal and state government regulators, research institutions, local communities and emitters.

Rosie’s has 25+ years experience in both oil and gas exploration and carbon capture and storage (CCS) across Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and the UK. Rosie was Shell Australia’s focal point for CCS sink identification in the Australia/ Asia-Pacific region, from high-level screening to injection site planning in the Petrel Sub-Basin. She joined Geovault as Head of CCS Solutions in 2021 where she is now identifying and developing onshore CCS opportunities.

Rosie is the Interim Chair of the Carbon Capture Utilisation and storage Network of Australia (CCUSNA) which formed in 2023.

Rosie Johnstone

CCS Geoscientist

Dr Pooya Hadian

Senior CCS Geoscientist

Pooya holds a PhD from Curtin University, where he researched the seal integrity of shaly caprock in the South West Hub CO₂ geosequestration site. He has 15+ years experience in the energy sector and specialises in carbon subsurface storage appraisal studies, petroleum exploration, resource estimation, and integrated subsurface characterisation.

Prior to joining GeoVault, Pooya worked with Molyneux Advisors and the National Iranian Oil Company and is a member of the EAGE, PESA and ASEG.

Dom completed his MSci project at the University of Southampton, where he researched the CCS potential of mine tailings and waste rock, performing in-depth mineralogical and fluid analysis to quantify the storage potential of these resources. Since graduating he has worked in various roles with energy and minerals sector in the North Sea Australia, specialising in CCS with GeoVault.

Dominic Hasson