Directors
Alan Minty
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Age 64)
Alan has over 30 years experience in mining, petrochemicals and oil and gas sectors. He commenced his career with Anglo-American in Zambia, worked in Saudi Arabia for Occidental before becoming a risk advisor for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate in 1979. Since then he has worked on major contracts for clients such as Mobil, BP, Amerada Hess, Shell, Texaco, and, in Newfoundland, on the Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose projects. Alan has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, a MSc in Management Studies, is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Marine Engineer.
Damian Minty
Chief Financial Officer (Age 37)
Damian is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years' experience. His initial experience was as an auditor in a large accountancy firm before moving to London to work at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank. Damian was the Commercial Manager of Enegi Oil after the IPO before taking over as Chief Financial Officer in 2009. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and Management Studies.
Alex Lamb
Non-executive Director (Age 40)
Alex is Chairman of British Engines Limited, an engineering company supplying the oil and gas industry. Before joining British Engines, Alex trained as a Chartered Accountant (CA) with Price Waterhouse, qualifying as a CA in 1996. After qualifying he worked within the Audit and Transaction support department with a number of listed and international companies. Alex has a degree in Economics from Heriot Watt University.
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination Committee.
David Parry
Executive Director (Age 46)
David has been working with public and private companies in the natural resource sector over the past 15 years. He has an extensive network of contacts and relationships throughout Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa. David has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions and has raised significant funds from both European and Canadian markets. David has been a Director of public companies since 2004 and is currently an Independent Director of Abenteuer Resources Corp., a post he has held since August 1, 2008.
Frank Jackson
Non-Executive Director (Age 63)
Frank has over 20 years experience in the oil and gas sector where he has raised significant funds, taken companies to market and negotiated hydrocarbon asset transactions. Most recently, Frank was the Executive Commercial Director of Aurelian Oil and Gas which during his association with the company raised over C$100m. Frank has an MBA from the University of Cape Town and is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators.
Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Derek Cochrane
Non-Executive Director (Age 56)
Derek has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas sector mainly working for British Petroleum in which he was exposed to a broad spectrum of commercial issues including asset management, strategy development and opportunity assessment. Most recently Derek assisted in the formation of Skana Capital Corp, a TSX Ventures Merchant Bank established to invest in oil properties which raised C$30m from fund managers in Canada and Europe.
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.