Relevant and complementary experience
An experienced & aligned Team
How we create and add value
Certainty
Proven ability to execute transactions and operate in targeted geographies – providing know how and certainty of execution to investors, partners and vendors
Experience
Experienced in successfully managing operating companies through multiple commodity cycles and rapid growth phases, combined with a deep understanding of stakeholder requirements
Discipline
Flexible, rapid and disciplined decision making from a team that has a successful history of working together
Track Record
Proven industry track record and complementary skill set combining operating, technical, commercial and financial expertise
HSSE & Risk Management
Excellent HSSE track record and unwavering commitment to international best practice combined with effective risk management procedures
Integrity
Responsible and integrity based approach to everything we do
Value Driven
Value driven approach with an over riding focus on responsible and sustainable value creation for shareholders and stakeholders
Innovative Approach
Securing high potential assets though smart deal making and applying innovative, cost effective development solutions to safely achieve production and reserves growth
Stuart Connal
Executive
Chairman
Chartered Engineer with over 35 years experience (the last 13 years having been spent in Nigeria)
COO & Executive Director of Seplat from inception in 2010 to 2016. Built & managed technical & operating team of over 300
Key member of team that delivered Seplat’s 2014 US$1.8 billion IPO (NSE and LSE dual listing)
Successfully led multi-disciplinary teams, managing service providers, key stakeholders & controlling significant budgets
Wealth of experience in project managing and safely running significant oil and gas operations onshore and offshore
Darra Comyn
MD & Finance Director
Chartered accountant with over 30 years relevant experience in industry and frontier markets
Established public company CFO and Executive Director and also successfully grown businesses from start-up stage to IPO
15 years in upstream oil and gas, mainly west African focused, leading diverse teams in multiple locations
Raised over US$1.2 billion of debt for various development projects in the region, funding significant reserves and production growth
Experienced in financial reporting, governance and compliance, commercial negotiation, crude marketing, valuation and M&A execution
Andy Dymond
Commercial Director
Geologist with 20 years experience in the E&P sector (15 years of which has been spent in west Africa)
Held senior business development, commercial, planning, IR & strategy roles in successful independent E&P companies
Successfully led multi-disciplinary teams to deliver numerous acquisitions across multiple jurisdictions
Successfully raised US$790 million of equity and US$1 billion of debt in support of many growth initiatives across sub Sahara Africa
Experienced in all aspects relating to the the commercial management of oil and gas assets, valuation and stakeholder relations
William Dean
Technical
Director
Geoscientist with 25 years experience (12 in west Africa) in senior roles at operating E&P companies
Worked on a number of high profile field development and production projects in West Africa, North Africa and the N. Sea
Responsible for exploration successes in West Africa, UK North Sea, Denmark, Russia and Norway
Bill has led multi disciplinary subsurface teams, defined & implemented new basin entry strategies & technical aspects of asset acquisitions
Extensive first hand knowledge and experience of the hydrocarbon geology across the west African region