Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board Comprises:
Bill Adamson OBE - Chairman
Bill has had a longstanding career in the energy industry with
BG Group Plc managing all aspects of large gas businesses including
CNG, power generation, joint venture management, corporate
governance and risk and safety management. He was the Chairman and
CEO of MetroGas S.A., Argentina's post-privatisation leading gas
utility, Vice President and General Manager of BG Group's UK
Downstream and most recently Managing Director BG India where he
managed a portfolio of Upstream and Downstream businesses. Bill is
a Chartered Engineer and holds an Honours Degree in Gas Engineering
from the University of Salford.
Hugh Mackay - Chief Executive Officer
Hugh was most recently founding Chairman of Avannaa Resources, a
mineral exploration company focused on grass roots exploration in
Greenland. He has a wealth of experience in the oil and gas
sector, including eight years at BP in a variety of roles in the
UK, the Oman and Egypt, then at Enterprise Oil in leadership roles,
culminating as head of the SE Asia division. He played a pivotal
role in the development of the Peak Group and its eventual sale to
AGR Petroleum Services where he was Group Business Development
Manager. He has a BSc in Geology from the University of
Edinburgh and a Sloan MSc in Management from London Business
School.
Phil Greenhalgh - Finance Director
Phil Greenhalgh graduated from Imperial College with a BEng in
chemical engineering and subsequently became a member of the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He began his
financial career as Financial Controller with Kelco International,
a subsidiary of Merck & Co. He moved to Monsanto plc
where he was Finance Director for UK, Eire and Western Sector
before becoming Finance Director with Pharmacia Ltd, a UK
subsidiary company of Pharmacia formed from the merger of
Monsanto and Pharmacia & Upjohn with sales of £276m.
He moved to Whatman plc, a FTSE 250 company, where he had
extensive dealings with the City of London, lead the financing of a
€50m company acquisition and oversaw a substantial share price
recovery.
William Ahlefeldt - Non-Executive Director
William received an MSc in civil engineering from the Danish
Technical University in 1981. Following national service, he worked
for Maersk as a petroleum engineer followed, in 1987, by IPEC, a
London based consultancy company, where he was responsible for
field reserves estimations. In 1990, he became an independent
consultant, undertaking field and portfolio evaluations for
acquisitions and field development work on a range of projects in
the North Sea, former Soviet Union and Middle East. In 2001 he
became the major investor in Europa at the time earning 60% of the
company shares through capital investment. He has been a non
executive director of the company since its float in 2004.
William has continued to be active in petroleum engineering
consulting doing portfolio evaluations and project management in
the Middle East.
Roderick Corrie - Non-Executive Director
Roderick is a graduate of Cambridge University, an Associate of
the Chartered Institute of Banking and a Member of the Securities
Institute. He is a strategic adviser and financier with a variety
of companies. Holds or has held executive or non-executive roles in
corporate finance, strategic advice, financial services, health,
property, mineral exploration, investment and manufacturing
companies. Previously held senior positions in the banking
industry.