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Graham is an experienced oil and gas executive with 40 years of experience across technical, operational and commercial leadership roles, including International Vice President of Petro-Canada (TSX: PCA). Graham is a Petroleum Engineer by training, and holds various directorships at listed and private energy and consulting firms.
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Over 18 years’ experience in leading complex sectors, including gas storage, oil & gas exploration and power production. Joined Sound Energy from OGIF, where he was managing partner.
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David Blewden is currently the CFO of Sunny Hill Energy Ltd (formerly Petroceltic International), a UK private E&P company, and has been in that position since October 2016. He is also currently a non-executive director of Gulf Marine Services plc (LSE: GMS), director of Philipshill Consulting Limited, and from 2015 to January 2020 was a non-executive director of New Age (African Global Energy) Limited, a private E&P company. From 2010 to 2016, David was the CFO of Sterling Resources Ltd, a TSX-V listed Canadian E&P company and, prior to that, he held CFO positions at several start-up and private E&P companies, and worked at Yukos Oil Company from 2002 to 2006, where he was head of corporate finance. Prior to Yukos, he worked at several investment banks, including UBS and Citigroup, and started his career as a Petroleum Engineer at Shell.
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Christian Bukovics is a senior oil and gas sector executive with for 40 years of international experience across a variety of roles. Since 2013, he has worked as founder, advisor and Non-executive director in small-cap oil and gas companies and was part of the board of LSE premium listed JKX Oil and Gas plc. Prior to this, he held several senior positions with Shell, including VP Exploration Russia and FSU, VP Commercial in Global Exploration and GD of Shell Temir (Kazakhstan). Christian holds a doctorate.
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Simon is an international energy banking specialist with more than 35 years of experience spanning the globe. His career includes 30 years in investment banking roles with both large financial institutions including Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Citigroup and finally Standard Bank where he was head of oil, gas and renewables, and specialist energy advisory boutiques including Waterous & Co and Tristone Capital. Mr Ashby-Rudd's career has focused on corporate strategy and capital structuring, incorporating a broad range of Equity, Debt and M&A experience. In 2020 Mr Ashby-Rudd established Treyford Energy Limited which today provides independent advice to growth orientated energy companies both in the traditional hydrocarbon space and increasingly in the emerging energy transition sector. Simon holds a B.Sc. in Economics from University College London
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Garry has more than 25 years’ international oil industry experience in a variety of executive, finance, M&A, asset management, technical and commercial roles with Halliburton, Total, Shell and Orsted. He also launched and led a UK upstream focused private-equity-backed start-up, securing cornerstone equity funding and a follow-on debt package. Garry is a Chartered Engineer.
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Dr John Argent is an experienced geoscientist with global expertise from over 25 years of working domestic and international oil and gas projects with Amerada Hess, Paladin Resources, BG Group and Shell in a variety of roles. John has a proven track record in new business development and exploration success. He instigated and led BG Group’s entry into East Africa and Central America, delivering new core assets including the discovery of 16 Tcf of gas resources in Tanzania. Additionally, John has managed significant operated exploration programmes offshore Uruguay and Honduras. John has a D.Phil in Geology from the University of Oxford, is a Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society.