Board of Directors

Dr. Sotiris Kapotas, Chairman: Dr Kapotas has over 20 years experience in the petroleum industry. Dr. Kapotas was an executive with TOTAL SA and has been Chairman and CEO of LandTech, an energy service company for more than 7 years.

Mr. George Mortakis-Martakis, Director: Mr. Mortakis is currently General Manager of the Intesa San Paolo Bank, Greece (formerly American Bank of Albania). He has had extensive trading and finance experience in positions within the American Express group.

Mr. Leslie Goodman, Director: Mr. Goodman is a Director of several public and private companies including Genco Resources (TSXV:GGC) and Rambler Metals & Mining (TSXV:RAB, AIM:RMM).  Mr. Goodman was previously with ACE Global Markets, where he was responsible for building and managing the largest insurance business in the Lloyds market.

Mr. Ian Baron, Director: Mr Baron has over 30 years experience in the upstream oil and gas business. He is a founding partner of ESG Dubai, a firm providing project management and advisory services to the energy industry, and is a director of several private and public energy companies. Mr. Baron was CEO of Dragon Oil plc (LSE: DGO) before which he spent a large part of his career with Conoco Inc. where he reached the position of vice president and general manager of Conoco Middle East based in Dubai, UAE. Mr. Baron graduated in Geology from the University of Manchester in England in 1977 and is a member of the UK Institute of Directors, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the London Geological Society.

Mr. James Hodgson, CFO, Director: Mr. Hodgson, a Partner of Al Riyal Energy, has over 30 years of oil and gas experience with extensive expertise in strategy, financial management, petroleum marketing and business planning. Until recently he was the CEO of United Oil Projects in Kuwait.  Mr. Hodgson has held senior management and executive positions with Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Qatar Petroleum, PanCanadian Petroleum (Encana) and Esso (Exxon) Canada. Mr. Hodgson received his MBA (Finance) from the University of Toronto and has a M.Sc. (Finance) from the University of Leicester in England. He has completed the academic requirements of the Certified Management Accountant accreditation and is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.