Directors & Management
Non- Executive Chairman appointment to be made pre-IPO in consultation with the company’s NOMAD and advisors.
Anthony Hamilton MD & CEO
Mr Hamilton is a Managing Partner, Westmarket Capital Plc, is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in London and is an Accountant by profession with over 35 years of extensive experience in international business, from investment advisory to Oil & Gas, exploration and production of gold, diamonds, base metals and property development.
Mr. Hamilton’s experience has encompassed the role as CEO of an Oil & Gas company in South Texas, USA, raising US$55 million for the refurbishment and re-establishment of operations producing 28 MMCFGD, managing both onshore and offshore operations. Mr. Hamilton is also accredited with developing Zimbabwe and North Americas first commercial diamond mines with hands on expertise to develop assets from discovery to production.
Mark Wallace Executive Finance Director
Mr Wallace is a Managing Partner, Westmarket Capital Plc, holds a Bachelor of Economics and Accounting, is a Chartered Accountant and has over 25 years expertise in the global financial markets having held positions with internationally renowned Investment Banks and advisory firms including Standard Chartered Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald and Credit Lyonnais in London and Natwest Capital Markets in Sydney.
Mr. Wallace has significant experience and expertise in funding for the development of production and operational assets across numerous commodities and extensive knowledge of off-take markets.
John Heugh Executive Technical Director
Mr Heugh holds a BSc (Hons) in geology and has completed 6 units of drilling engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He has extensive experience in oil and gas exploration geology, including wellsite geology, project generation, operations geology and engineering support.
John was the founding Director and MD for 15 years of Central Petroleum Ltd., the biggest acreage holder in Australia of prime petroleum exploration and appraisal ground (70 million acres). Extensive helium exploration and target identification expertise.
Founding Director and Executive Vice-Chairman PetroAfrique Oil&Gas Ltd. Founding Director and Executive Chairman of Gryphon Mining & Energy Melanesia Pty Ltd. Raised over $100 million for exploration, initial development & discovery.
Orchestrated over $500 million of JV expenditure potential. Discovered over one trillion tons of coal, a 300 km2 tight gas sand prospect, generated the first horizontal well onshore in Australia, and delivered first commercial oil to surface in the western Amadeus ever. Pioneered the promotion of unconventional (shale gas and oil) in Australia in 2007.
(A Non-Executive Director appointment to be made pre-IPO in consultation with NOMAD)
Dean Golokin, BCom CA, Finance Manager
Mr. Golokin is a Chartered Accountant and a finance professional with over 10 years’ experience working both in practice and public listed companies. He has worked in various finance roles with Rio Tino and BHP focusing on statutory compliance, financial management and planning. In addition, he has tax experience gained from his time with PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO
Mr Sam Quinn (Silvertree Partners) Company Secretary
Sam Quinn is a corporate lawyer with over 20 years experience in the natural resources sector in both legal counsel and executive management positions. Mr Quinn is currently a partner of Silvertree Partners, a London-based corporate services company dedicated to the natural resources sector and holds various other positions in both listed and private natural resource companies. During time spent in these roles, Mr Quinn has gained significant experience in the administration, operation, financing and promotion of natural resource companies.
Prior to this, Mr Quinn worked as the legal counsel to the Dragon Group, a London-based mining venture capital firm, as a corporate lawyer for Jackson McDonald Barristers & Solicitors in Perth, Western Australia and for Nabarro LLP in London. Mr Quinn graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1999 with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts and is a qualified lawyer in Western Australia and in England & Wales.