Exploration driven growth to produce Helium
Board and management
Board
James Smith
Non-Executive Chairman
Sarah Cope
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Lorna Blaisse
Chief Executive Officer
Nigel Friend
Non-Executive Director
Russel Swarts
Non-Executive Director
Graham Jacobs
Finance Director
James Smith
Non-Executive Chairman
30+ years of experience as a senior oil and gas executive. Has held senior positions at Chevron Corporation, PanOcean Energy and as VP Exploration at Orca Exploration.
Sarah Cope
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
20+ years of experience in investment banking and as Nomad / Broker at Cantor Fitzgerald, RFC Ambrian, FinnCap Ltd and RBC Capital Markets.
Lorna Blaisse
Chief Executive Officer
Skilled explorationist with 17+ years oil and gas experience in Africa. Successfully led exploration drilling campaigns in East and Central Africa, with extensive geological knowledge of the East Africa Rift System.
Nigel Friend
Non-Executive Director
Former CEO and CFO of Orca Energy with 35+ years of experience in successfully growing companies through a clear focus on cash generation.
Russel Swarts
Non-Executive Director
30+ years of experience as a chartered accountant and finance director. Experience of multiple CEO and CFO positions.
Graham Jacobs
Finance Director
An experienced financial and commercial executive with over 30 years of experience in the natural resources sector. He has extensive expertise in the oil and gas industry having held a number of senior positions in E&P companies.
Management
Mike Williams
Director of Operations
Chris Eyre
Chief Financial Officer
Gunter Kai Gruschwitz
Technical Director
Mike Williams
Director of Operations
A Technical Engineering and Operations Manager with 16+ years experience working on remote projects globally including Southern and Eastern Africa. Delivering cost effective drilling operations whilst focusing on performance and safety. Extensive knowledge of well engineering and drilling exploration and appraisal projects.
Chris Eyre
Chief Financial Officer
Financial Executive based in Tanzania with 15+ years experience in senior positions across East & Southern Africa. Previously Financial Director for Tata East Africa region & Financial Controller heading the South African office for Traxys
Gunter Kai Gruschwitz
Technical Director
A Geoscientist and proven oil finder with extensive experience in seismic interpretation and application of geophysical methods for locating natural resources below ground and to de-risk drill targets in complex structural and stratigraphic settings. Over 25 years of international experience and has worked across a variety of exploration, appraisal and new ventures roles with Shell, Petro-Canada, Statoil.