Board of Directors
Erik Tiller
Executive Chairman
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.
Martin Bachmann
Board Member
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.
Rune Olav Pedersen
Board Member
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.
Denis Chatelan
Board Member
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.
Jose Cotello
CEO
José has more than 30 years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector. He was most recently the President of Ecopetrol Oleo e Gas do Brasil. Within Ecopetrol he previously held the position of Regional Vice President at Orinoquia. Prior to joining Ecopetrol he was the Chief Operating Officer at Petra Energia and held various positions around the world in a 22-year career at Schlumberger where, as IPM Vice President led a team that has drilled and completed more than 1,200 wells. He has a degree in Computer Engineering & Electronics from the Instituto Militar de Engenharia in Brazil.