About
Well positioned and
experienced team
Board
James Menzies
Executive Chairman
Nick Ingrassia
Chief Executive Officer
Graham Duncan Stewart
Non-Executive Director
Independent Non-Executive Director
Management
James Menzies
Executive Chairman
Nick Ingrassia
Chief Executive Officer
Pierre Eliet
EVP Corporate & Business Development, Country Chair Malaysia
Corporate Development & Finance Manager
Company Secretary and Commercial Director
Graham Duncan Stewart
Non-Executive Director
- 35 years experience in oil and gas technical and commercial affairs.
- Founder of Longboat Energy and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
- Chairman and founder of the Greenland-focused gold mining company Amaroq Minerals inc.
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Faroe Petroleum plc from 2002 until its sale in 2019.
- Previously CFO with Dana Petroleum plc, Commercial Director at the Petroleum Science and Technology Institute and Field Engineer at Schlumberger Wireline.
- Honours degree in Offshore Civil Engineering from Heriot Watt University and MBA from University of Edinburgh.
Chairman, Norway
- 35 years of technical and business experience from Norway, Oman, Australia and the Netherlands.
- Founder of Longboat Energy.
- Previously held the role as Chief Operating Officer of Faroe Petroleum from 2006 until 2019.
- Asset Manager and Deputy Managing Director at Paladin Resources. Reservoir Engineer, Team Leader, and Business Manager with Shell.
- Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering and in Economics.
Geraldine has over 35 years of energy investment banking and M&A advisory experience. Geraldine currently serves as a Senior Adviser at TPH&Co. the energy business of Perella Weinberg Partners where she was a partner in the Investment Banking division and head of TPH International since 2017.
She was previously Global Head of Oil & Gas Advisory at Standard Chartered Bank and also served as Head of Corporate Finance Europe for the bank. Geraldine started her career as a geologist, before moving into energy advisory with Lovegrove & Associates, then CIBC World Markets as an Executive Director in Calgary and London. In 1999 she joined Harrison Lovegrove, a leading, oil and gas advisory boutique where she led multiple landmark transactions. Geraldine holds a BSc. (Hons) degree in Geology and a MSc. in Petroleum Geology from University College Dublin. Geraldine was previously a non-executive director on the board of privately-held Impact Oil & Gas, a partner in the giant Venus discovery offshore Namibia.
Chief Executive Officer
- Over 20 years of experience across a wide range of corporate roles in the oil & gas industry with a number of independent E&P companies.
- Previously held the position as UK Country Manager for DNO.
- Business development roles with Faroe Petroleum, Salamander Energy and Valiant Petroleum.
- Worked at RBS (structured energy lending & depth advisory) and within energy investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
- Master of Art Honours degree in Ancient History.
- More than 45 years of experience in oil and gas industry, holding several senior positions.
- Currently Professor in Practice at Durham University.
- Chairman of the Longboat Remuneration Committee.
- Recently Director of Faroe Petroleum from 2017 until 2019.
- Previously Country Chairman and Chief Executive of DONG UK. Managing Director of DONG Wind Power, Senior Vice President Amerada Hess for E&P Worldwide Technology and Team Leader Shell International E&P.
- BSc Hon in Earth Sciences and Hon DSc from Durham University.
- Fellow of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Energy Institute
Jorunn Johanne Saetre
Independent Non-Executive Director
- More than 30 years work experience from a range of senior positions in Norway, Europe, and the US.
- Member of the Longboat Energy Audit and Nomination Committees.
- Currently working as project manager with the energy cluster Energy Transition Norway.
- Previously Independent Non-Executive Director of Faroe Petroleum from 2014 until 2019.
- Management and business development role with the engineering support group AGR. Director of Halliburton’s European Research Centre and Head of overall Scandinavian operations and responsibility for Global Product Enhancement activities at Halliburton.
- She has served as member of the Corporate assembly of Hydro, the fully integrated aluminium.
- In 2008, she was the first to be awarded the title of “Oil Woman of the Year” by Stavanger Society of Petroleum Engineers.
- Chemical engineer.
Katherine Louise Margiad Roe
Independent Non-Executive Director
- More than 20 years work experience from Investment Banking and the oil and gas, and energy industry.
- Chair of the Longboat Audit Committee.
- Previously Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Resources plc and Independent Non-Executive Director of both Faroe Petroleum plc and ITM Power PLC
- Previously Head of Natural Resources and Director of Investment Banking at Panmure Gordon as a Nominated Advisor and Qualified Executive for many years having moved from Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division.
- Joint Honours degree in Economics and Philosophy.
Company Secretary and Commercial Director
- More than 30 years work experience from the oil and gas industry across a wide range of corporate with a number of independent E&P companies
- Founder of Longboat Energy.
- Recently Company Secretary and Commercial Director at Faroe Petroleum.
- Previously financial and corporate positions with Dana Petroleum and working as exploration geologist with Consolidated Goldfields, Australia.
- BSc Hon from Leicester University
- 14 years of Oil & Gas industry experience across various M&A, economics, finance & commercial roles
- Former Group Economist at Longboat Energy
- Executive at Lambert Energy Advisory
- Strategy, Planning & Economics at Nexen/CNOOC International
- Various analyst roles at Wood Mackenzie
- Board Director at Scottish Energy Forum & currently President of the Board
Morten Rye-Larsen
Exploration Manager
- Over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in Norway, UK, US and Africa.
- Recently consulting E&P companies and CO2 storage with Shell and DNO.
- Previous experience includes roles as Exploration Manager for a start-up company, Fortis Petroleum. Technical and managerial roles in Equinor. Basin screening, exploration and field development experience with Esso.
- Master of Science in Sedimentology & Petroleum geology.
Asset and Business Development Manager
- Over 30 years of technical and business experience from the oil and gas industry in Norway, UK and Azerbaijan.
- Previous experience includes Business Development Manager, Subsurface Manager and reservoir engineer with Edge Petroleum, Point Resources, Spike Exploration, Centrica, Statoil and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
- Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering University of Stavanger and University of Texas, Austin.
Torill Idsøe
Safety & Sustainability Manager
- More than 20 years work experience from project and operational HSE, technical working environment and health and safety issues in the oil and gas industry in Norway.
- Recently HSE responsibilities with Repsol (previously Talisman).
- Previously Sr Advisor HSE & Work Environment at OTG Consulting, Sr HSE advisor with Dolphin Drilling, Equinor, Aibel, Aker and Sørco. Physiotherapist specialised within health and working environment.
- Master of Science in Physioptherapy and in Community Safety.
Finance Manager
- Over 20 years work experience within finance, accounting and HR responsibilities.
- Recently worked as Team Lead for Reporting & Controlling with DNO.
- 18 years of E&P related experience with Talisman, Paladin, Faroe Petroleum and DNO.
- Previously in-house and consultancy work with Fabi AS within shipping and oil services.
- Cand. Mag. in HR and Finance.
James Menzies
Executive Chairman
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+30 years’ oil & gas industry experience across broad range of technical, executive and strategic roles
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Founder and CEO of SE Asian-focused Salamander Energy plc from inception to sale in 2015 for ~£300 million
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Subsequently CEO of Coro Energy and Executive Chairman at TAP Oil
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MSc in Geophysics and Planetary Physics from University of Newcastle, BSc (Hons) in Geology from London University
Pierre Eliet
EVP Corporate & Business Development, Country Chair Malaysia
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+25 years’ oil & gas industry experience across broad range of technical and business development roles
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Oversaw portfolio management & growth in SE Asia for Lundin (now IPC) and ROC Oil
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Key technical role at Cairn and involved in discovery of flagship Mangala field (India)
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BA in Earth Science from Trinity College, Dublin, PhD in Geology from Manchester University, IDP-C INSEAD
Bérengère Sismondini
Subsurface & Exploration Manager
- 20 years’ work experience in Geoscience from exploration, development and production
- Recently Geoscience Supervisor for Vår Energi’s production assets
- Previous NCS and international experience from Schlumberger, Fortis Petroleum and Point Resources
- PhD on Carbonate Sedimentology, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1