About

• 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 from 2002 until its sale in 2019.
• Previously CFO with Dana Petroleum, 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.

• 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 Mary Murphy – Independent Non-Executive Chair  – appointed 27 June 2024

Geraldine has over 35 years of energy investment banking and M&A advisory experience. Geraldine joined the Board of Ithaca Energy, a FTSE 100 E&P company in October 2025 and was previously a non-executive director of privately held Impact Oil & Gas.  Geraldine started her career as a geologist before moving into energy M&A advisory holding senior banking roles with Perella Weinberg Partners, TPH & Co., Standard Chartered Bank, Harrison Lovegrove and CIBC.

Geraldine holds a BSc. (Hons) degree in Geology and a MSc. in Petroleum Geology from University College Dublin.

Nicholas Andrew Ingrassia – Chief Executive Officer – appointed 1 June 2021

Nick has over 25 years’ experience across a wide range of corporate roles both inside and in support of the upstream oil & gas industry. Nick started his career in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and RBS before joining the industry to work in business development and transactional roles with Valiant Petroleum plc (sold to Ithaca Energy Inc. in 2013), Salamander Energy plc (sold to Ophir Energy plc in 2015) and Faroe Petroleum plc (sold to DNO ASA in 2019). Prior to his current role, Nick led the transition of Seascape’s strategy to focus on Southeast Asia.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• +30 years’ oil & gas industry experience across broad range of technical, executive and strategic roles

• Founder and CEO of SE Asian-focused Salamander Energy plc from inception to sale in 2015 for ~£300 million

• Subsequently CEO of Coro Energy and Executive Chairman at TAP Oil

• MSc in Geophysics and Planetary Physics from University of Newcastle, BSc (Hons) in Geology from London University

Pierre Ernest Patrick Eliet – Executive Director Corporate Development, Country Chair Malaysia  – appointed 13 February 2025

Pierre joined the Company in September 2023 as part of the Topaz acquisition and has been instrumental to the success of building Seascape’s operations in Malaysia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Pierre has over 30 years’ experience and worked with Lundin Energy and Roc Oil where he held senior technical and business development roles with oversight of subsurface and growth across both company’s Asian portfolios. Pierre also previously worked at TotalEnergies and Cairn Energy where he was closely associated with the discovery of the Cairn Rajasthan fields in India, and specifically the flagship Mangala field.

Pierre holds a BA in Earth Science from Trinity College in Dublin, a PhD in Geology from Manchester University and certified IDP-C, INSEAD’s International Director’s Programme.

• 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

Haida Shenny Binti Hazri – Senior Independent Non-executive Director – appointed 13 February 2025

Haida has considerable experience of the upstream industry with over 25 years’ experience in E&P, LNG and technology within PETRONAS, Sapura Energy and various other energy entities. Haida worked across a wide range of legal and commercial roles at PETRONAS prior to being appointed CEO of PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd. She later moved into the role of VP, Strategy and New Ventures in Sapura Energy focusing on upstream M&A and business growth, including the acquisition of Newfield Malaysia. Haida is currently Chair of Malaysian-listed Keyfield International Berhad and previously a board member of rig owner Malaysian-listed Velesto Energy Berhad.

Haida holds a double degree in Accounting and Finance (BComm) and Law (LLB) from Melbourne University as well as Masters in Law (LLM) from Universiti Malaya and holds the Certificate of Corporate Governance (IDP-C) from INSEAD. Haida is a recipient of the Oakleaf Award from Trinity College, Melbourne.

Michael James Buck – Independent Non-executive Director – appointed 13 January 2026

Mike is a geologist/geophysicist by training with over 40 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry where he has worked on all aspects of the E&P value chain. He spent 20 years with LASMO PLC in a wide range of roles in the UK, Indonesia, Colombia, Vietnam and Libya and was involved in the discovery of several commercial oil and gas fields. Following Eni’s takeover of LASMO, Mike became Managing Director of Eni’s operations in Pakistan and then Iran, working on major developments in both countries. In 2006, Mike joined Southeast Asia-focused Salamander Energy plc as Chief Operating Officer until its acquisition by Ophir Energy plc in 2015. Mike is currently Chief Executive Offer of Petro Matad which he joined in 2017 guiding the company through to first commercial production.

Mike holds a BSc in Geophysics from Liverpool University and an MSc (with Distinction) in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College, London.