SEACRESTPETROLEO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
Denis Chatelan has more than 30 years of experience within finance and management and has extensive board experience. Since 2016, he has held the position of Head of Business Development at Perenco, an independent Anglo-French oil and gas company. In this position, Chatelan is in charge of strategy, M&A and portfolio management within Perenco and holds board positions in various Perenco portfolio companies. Prior to joining Perenco in 2004, he worked as CFO Africa at Rougier S.A. and as a consultant at Deloitte & Touche (France). He holds a major in Finance from Paris ESCP Business School.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman
- Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors
Erik Tiller has more than 25 years of experience within finance and business, both within the oil and gas industry and the asset management industry. From 1994 to 2010, Mr. Tiller was chairman at Amerscan Capital Management Ltd. In 2011 Tiller founded the Seacrest Group, an international oil and gas private equity company. In addition to being a co-founder of the Company, Mr. Tiller also co-founded the Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA ASA in 2015. Mr. Tiller holds a BA in Business Administration and International Management from the California Lutheran University.
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Member of the Management Team
- Position of General Manager at Seacrest Petroleo
Giovanna Siracusa has held the position of General Manager at Seacrest Petroleo since October 2020. She has over 10 years' experience in business administration and financial analysis. She has previously worked in M&A and equity research within the oil and gas industry. She holds Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Senior VP Production and Operations
Juan Alves has more than 10 years of extensive management and engineering experience within the oil and gas industry in Brazil, with particular expertise in mature and marginal oil fields management, revitalization, development and optimization works. Alves has previously worked as general manager at Petroreconcavo. Alves holds a degree in chemical engineering and a post graduate degree in specialization of drilling fluids, completion and stimulation of wells, both from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
Job Titles:
- Geophysicist
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
Martin Bachmann, a trained geophysicist, has more than 35 years' executive experience across the global oil and gas business. He is currently chairman of the boards of directors of Sval Energi and NEO Energy Group, both North Sea-focused producers. Prior to that, he was a member of Wintershall's board of executive directors for 10 years. Previously, he had a 25 year career with Shell, managing various businesses in the FSU, Spain, the Netherlands, the North Sea and the Middle East.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Management Team
Michael Stewart has more than 30 years of experience in the energy and finance industries. Prior to joining the Seacrest Group, he worked for SBCM (the Sumitomo Bank trading division), Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, and Bearing Capital. Mr. Stewart holds an A.B. from Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
Paul Murray has over 25 years' experience in venture capital and private equity investment across technology and natural resources. Together with Mr. Tiller, Mr. Murray is a co-founder of the Seacrest Group. Mr. Murray is a co-founder of Company, as well as a co-founder of the Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA ASA. He was previously a director of 3i's technology investment team, Cazenove Private Equity and a partner at DFJ Esprit. He holds a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University.
The Remuneration Committee, which is composed of three Independent Directors, assists the Board of Directors to enhance corporate governance effects and ensure a sound remuneration system for the Board members, and executive officers of the Company.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee
Paulo Ricardo da S. dos Santos has more than 35 years of experience from the oil and gas sector and has held a variety of position within exploration, consulting and management. He has held the position of managing partner at the Brazilian oil and gas consulting firm Leblon Óleo e Gás Consultoria Ltda since 2020. Prior to this he served as general manager of Petrobras Energia S.A. from 2004 to 2007. He holds a graduate's degree in Geology from Universidade Federal do Paraná and a master's degree in Geophysics from the Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Partner at the Brazilian Law Firm
Pedro Magalhães is a partner at the Brazilian law firm Nunes Fernandes & Advogados Associados since 2005 and has extensive experience in the power business regulation and in the oil and gas sector. He is currently a member of the board of directors of several companies, including TEP - Termoeletrica Potiguar S.A., Água Limpa Energia S.A and Areia Energia S.A, São Francisco Energia S.A. Mr. Magalhães holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Federal university of Bahia and an MSc in Energy lndustry Regulation from the University of Salvador.
Peter O'Driscoll has served as General Counsel of the Company and Seacrest Capital Group Limited since June 2019. For the period from June 2005 to June 2019, he was a partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and prior to that worked in other recognised international law firms. Mr. O'Driscoll was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1988. He obtained his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1987, and a BA in English Literature from Oral Roberts University in 1984.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice - President
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
Robert Lawson is the Executive Vice-President and a member of the board of directors of Mercuria Energy Group. Prior to joining Mercuria in 2022, Mr Lawson spent 32 years working at BP in its upstream, downstream and trading businesses, including as commercial vice president for BP's refining and marketing business and as global head of M&A. Mr Lawson is also a non-executive director of London-listed Serica Energy plc.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee
- President & CEO of PGS ASA
Rune Olav Pedersen has served as President & CEO of PGS ASA since 2017. Mr. Pedersen has previously held the position of executive vice president & general counsel at the company. Prior to joining PGS he was partner in the oil and gas department of the law firm Arntzen de Besche. He has a law degree from the University of Oslo, a post-graduate diploma in European competition law from Kings College London and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Team
- Board Member and President of the Executive Committee
Scott Aitken has 30 years of experience within management and engineering, mainly within the oil and gas industry. Aitken has 16 years' experience as a chief executive officer, 6 years' experience at regional management level and 6 years in petroleum engineering and asset management. Aitken is currently the CEO of High Power Petroleum LLC. Aitken holds a degree in Physics from the University of Strathclyde.
Job Titles:
- Asset Investment Director
Thomas Kandel has more than 10 years' experience from the oil industry. He previously served in M&A and Portfolio Management at Seacrest and Engie. He holds master's Engineering degrees from Ecole Centrale de Lyon and from IFP School.
Job Titles:
- Group CFO
- Member of the Management Team
Torgeir Dagsleth has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior experience includes serving as CFO of Seacrest Capital Group, Vice President Finance of Kongsberg Automotive ASA, CFO of Terra Global Ltd and Assistant Group Controller of PGS ASA. He holds a Bachelor´s Degree in Business Management from the Norwegian Business School (BI).