Mr. Wolcott was appointed as chief executive officer of the Company on 1 December 2011. Prior to joining RusPetro, Mr. Wolcott worked for YUKOS Oil Company from 1999 to 2005 as Senior Vice President for Production and Reservoir Performance. At YUKOS, he was responsible …more ›

Mark Groves-Gidney has over 30 years' experience in international petroleum exploration, development and finance; with a strong track record in generating prospects, acquiring and managing exploration portfolios and operating oil companies and in building strategic…more ›

Steve is Chief Executive of Nautical Petroleum which is focussed on the appraisal and development of heavy oil and was listed on AIM in April 2005. He has worked in the industry since gaining an MSc from Imperial College in 1982. He spent 7 and 11 years with Utramar and…more ›

Mr. Neil Ritson holds a Bachelors degree in Geophysics. He has worked in the energy sector of over 34 years, initially with BP, where he held numerous roles including International Chief Geophysicist, Head of Geoscience Research and Business Unit Leader for both Norway…more ›

Tom Reynolds has 18 years’ experience with the energy sector. Mr. Reynolds is a chartered Chemical Engineer and has held a variety of commercial and business development posts within British Nuclear Fuels plc, Total SA and BP plc. In 2002, Mr. Reynolds left BP to join t…more ›

Alec Robinson has 40 years’ experience in the international upstream oil and gas business, primarily with Amoco Corporation. He graduated from the prestigious Imperial College, London, in 1974 with a Master’s degree in Petroleum Geology and joined Amoco in the UK. Sub…more ›

Mr. Dighe obtained a first class Master of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London, a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering also from Imperial College, and an MBA from Warwick University. Mr. Dighe held position…more ›

Dr Nicholas Cooper began his career as a geophysicist with BG and Amoco in the UK and various international locations. He then spent two years with the energy team at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, advising on upstream and gas development projects. In 1999, Dr Cooper comple…more ›

Kevin Hart was Finance Director at Cairn Energy PLC for over eight years, a role that incorporated board responsibility for financial, commercial, legal, risk management and HR matters. Prior to this, he was a Senior Associate Director with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Grou…more ›

Graham lives in Aberdeen, Scotland, with his wife and three daughters. With Faroese and Scottish roots, he has strong ties with the Faroes, his wife is Faroese, and his family spends regular holidays on the islands. He has a degree in Offshore Engineering from Heriot-W…more ›

Peter has had a career spanning 18 years in the oil industry. After a Shell sponsored MSc at Imperial College, Peter completed a PhD in structural geology with BP. This was followed by various senior technical and managerial roles with companies such as CogniSeis Develo…more ›

Dr Marcus Richards joined Dana Petroleum plc as Group Chief Executive Officer in March 2011, following its $2.9 billion acquisition by the Korean National Oil Corporation. Prior to this Marcus worked as a consultant providing advice to a range of exploration and product…more ›

Ken Judge is a corporate lawyer with extensive business management and corporate development experience having held numerous public company directorships and having been engaged in the establishment or corporate development of oil and gas, mining and technology companie…more ›

Dana Novakovic is the Managing Director of LB Capital, London, an M&A and advisory house focusing on Energy and Resources sectors. Having started advisory career as an Associate M&A Energy with Lehman Brothers in New York, she has also held positions of Assoc…more ›

Fraser McKay is a Senior Analyst within the Wood Mackenzie’s Corporate Analysis Team, leading the corporate expansion and coverage into the Mid-Caps arena. The new module to the existing Corporate Service will cover 20 of the most prominent Mid-Cap E&P companies le…more ›

Leo Drollas currently holds the twin positions of Deputy Director and Chief Economist at the CGES, where he is in charge of all the publications and most of the studies produced by the Centre. Leo Drollas also contributes papers in his own right and has dealt with subj…more ›

Paul Shapiro joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1994 in Privatisation and Development and Early Stage Equity moving to Natural Resources in 2000. Since then he has led numerous debt and equity financings/projects in upstream, midstrea…more ›

Andrew has focused on energy project financings since 1992. He joined RBS in 2008, and leads the Energy Structured Finance team, originating and executing financings for clients across the Energy sector. RBS is a market-leader in structured funding for both power and oi…more ›

Andrew Moorfield is Managing Director and Head of Energy Origination for EMEA at Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets. He was previously Head of Oil & Gas at Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to joining Lloyds Banking Group in 2006, he was Managing Director and Co-He…more ›

John Laguzza, Managing Director, Head of Direct Investments; BNP Paribas E&C Capital - Private Equity Energy and Commodities. Based in New York, Mr. Laguzza is responsible for the direct investments of E&C Capital, BNP Paribas’ global private equity investment p…more ›

John F. Bookout III (Houston) joined KKR in 2008 and is a Managing Director of the Firm. At KKR, Mr. Bookout has played a leading role in the Firm’s investment in East Resources and announced investment in Hilcorp Resources. He is a senior member of the Firm’s Energy an…more ›

Derek Pound joined Jupiter in 1995 as a Fund Manager within the UK Equities Team. He currently manages the UK portion of the Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust), and is Joint Manager of the Jupiter Primadona Growth Investment Trust. Prior to joining Jupiter, Derek …more ›

Ian moved to Edison following a 20 year international career with BP where he worked in the refining and petrochemicals sectors in a range of technical and engineering management positions. Upon returning to BP’s London headquarters he took up roles advising the group’s…more ›

Nathan is responsible for researching European and Canadian-listed internationally focused oil and gas exploration and production companies, with specific responsibility for companies operating in Latin America, Asia, Former Soviet Union and Europe. Nathan brings with h…more ›