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Employees 2021
Employees (as at 31 December 2021)
People
Total number of employees (2,579 in 2019)
Environment
Serious spills to sea (0 in 2019)
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Operations
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Acquiring and operating mature oil and gas fields in Brazil
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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
General Manager
Giovanna Siracusa has held the position of General Manager at Seacrest Petroleo since October 2020. She 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.
Guilherme Santana
SVP Development
Guilherme Santana has over 30 years’ experience in business administration in the areas of oil & gas, strategic planning, risk & crisis management among others. Guilherme was General Manager of Strategic Studies and Planning and Research of ANP, the National Agency of Petroleum, and held director positions at the companies Petra Energia, HRT Participações and Cowan Oil & Gas. He holds MSc. Degree on Management Studies and PhD Degree on Risk and Crisis Management from the University of Surrey, England.
Juan Alves
Senior VP Production and Operations
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.
Michael Stewart
CEO
Michael Stewart has more than 30 years of experience in the energy and finance industries. Prior to joining the Seacrest Group, he worked for SBCM (the Sumitomo Bank trading division), Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, and Bearing Capital. Mr. Stewart holds an A.B. from Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Paul Murray
Board Member
Paul Murray has over 25 years’ experience in venture capital and private equity investment across technology and natural resources. Together with Mr. Tiller, Mr. Murray is a co-founder of the Seacrest Group. Mr. Murray is a co-founder of Company, as well as a co-founder of the Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA ASA. He was previously a director of 3i’s technology investment team, Cazenove Private Equity and a partner at DFJ Esprit. He holds a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University.
Paulo Ricardo da S. dos Santos
Board Member
Paulo Ricardo da S. dos Santos has more than 35 years of experience from the oil and gas sector and has held a variety of position within exploration, consulting and management. He has held the position of managing partner at the Brazilian oil and gas consulting firm Leblon Óleo e Gás Consultoria Ltda since 2020. Prior to this he served as general manager of Petrobras Energia S.A. from 2004 to 2007. He holds a graduate’s degree in Geology from Universidade Federal do Paraná and a master’s degree in Geophysics from the Universidade Federal da Bahia.
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
General Counsel
Peter O’Driscoll has served as General Counsel of the Company and Seacrest Capital Group Limited 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.
Rafael Grisolia
CFO Brazil
Rafael Grisolia has over 20 years of experience in high leadership positions or as an executive officer in large Brazilian companies. Prior to joining Seacrest Petroleo, he has held various managerial and financial positions within the sector, including as CEO and CFO of Vibra, CFO of Petrobras SA. Prior to this, he was an executive officer of many large Brazilian companies, including Cosan, Cremer Group, Trigo Group and Esso (ExxonMobil).
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, within the oil and gas industry. Aitken has 18 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 co-founder and director of High Power Petroleum LLC. Aitken holds a degree in Physics from the University of Strathclyde.
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
Asset 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
Group 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).