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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.

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.

Giovanna Siracusa

Corporate Development Manager

Giovanna Siracusa 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.

John de los Santos

Head of Investor Relations

John de los Santos has more than 10 years of experience in finance and investment research. Before joining Seacrest Petroleo he was an equity research analyst at Redburn, where he covered the Oil Majors, European E&Ps and Carbon Capture; and at UBS, where he covered Oil Macro and a wide range of Oil & Gas companies in London and New York. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School and prior experience in credit analysis covering the Asia Pacific TMT sector in Citibank.

Jose Alcides Santoro Martins

Board Member

Jose Alcides Santoro Martins has more than 43 years of experience in energy and has held positions related to petroleum and power generation. He has served in various leadership roles in Petrobras, including as President of Gaspetro and CEO of Termobahia, and was Chairman of the Board at Transportadora Associada de Gás S.A. (TAG). He holds a degree in engineering from Engineering School of the University of São Paulo with postgraduate degrees from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the State University of Campinas.

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.

Juan Alves

COO

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.

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.

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Pedro Magalhães

Board Member

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

Group General Counsel

Peter O’Driscoll has served as Group General Counsel 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.

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.

Scott Aitken

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.

Thomas Kandel

Interim CFO – 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.

Torgeir Dagsleth

CFO

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).