Daein Cha
Daein Cha brings over 25 years of energy and resources industries experience. Through senior roles for international business development, major capital project management, and commodity sales and trading at Tokyo Gas and Chevron, Daein brings extensive expertise, experience and network to originate and develop multi-billion dollars industrial projects.
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 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 has taken on the role as the Founder and Director of Transborders Energy (mid-scale gas resource commercialisation business) since November 2016, and as Founder and Managing Director of deepC Store (commercial scale CCS project developer) since August 2021. He also serves as Senior Projects Manager for the Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Center, an Australian Government and industry funded R&D organisation striving to decarbonise LNG exports and grow clean hydrogen production for Australia.
Daein received his Bachelor’s degree in management from the International Christian University (Japan), Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business (USA), and qualification as Certified Cost Professional (CCP) of AACE International accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Speciality Boards. Daein is also a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) and the Society of Decision Professionals.
For AIEN, Daein Cha serves as a member of the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Taskforce and term sheet working group. Daein is also a co-author of the “White Paper CCUS Opportunities and Implications for the AIEN.”