Board of Directors
Victoria's Board and management are widely experienced in the natural resources sector.
Kevin Foo, Chairman
Kevin has over a 30 year career in all aspects of mining, including technical, operational, project management and running public companies. He has worked on five continents including 19 years in Kazakhstan and Russia and is a specialist in the development of mines in the FSU. Kevin was the former managing director of Celtic Resources Plc and non-executive chairman of Bramlin Limited, AIM quoted resource companies.
George Donne, Executive Director
George was previously the General Manager of Victoria with responsibility for the administration of the Company’s head office in London. George is a former investment banker with JP Morgan in both London and Johannesburg, specialising in natural resources advisory.
Grant Manheim, Deputy Chairman
Grant has extensive financial experience in the City of London gained over 37 years at N.M. Rothschild and Sons Limited with 25 years as a main Board Director. In addition to his financial experience, he also has knowledge of the oil and gas sector having been the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of New Court Natural Resources Plc, a company whose business was the investment in and development of oil and gas properties in the United States.
Robert Palmer, Finance Director
Robert is a Chartered Accountant. He combines his role as Finance Director with his position as a senior partner in The Gallagher Partnership LLP, a business consultancy-based accountancy practice where he specialises in providing financial advice to small and medium sized enterprises. He holds a number of directorships in private companies.
Austen Titford, Executive Director
A Chartered Accountant with more than 17 years experience from working for FTSE 100 and AIM listed natural resource companies, including Lonrho, LASMO, BHPB and Celtic Resources on projects in Africa, Iran, Russia and Central Asia. He brings a broad mix of financial experience, covering both the project development and operational phases.
Philip Rand, Non-Executive Director
Philip has over 30 years of financial experience of which 17 have been in the upstream energy sector. He is currently the chief executive and chief financial office of AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration company Equator Exploration Limited. He has been chief financial officer of Burren Energy, group treasurer of Monument Oil & Gas and held senior financial roles at Deminex and Louisiana Land & Exploration. Philip is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Philip is Chairman of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Senior Management
Radwan Hadi, Chief Operating Officer
Senior petroleum engineer with Blackwatch with over 25 yrs experience in oil and gas including in Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.
Jim Ford
Jim has over 30 years’ experience in the energy sector most recently as president of Daytona Energy Corporation. Prior to this he has worked at Intercap Resource Management Corporation, Petrolera Santa Fe (Ecuador) Ltd and Santa Fe Energy Resources Inc. He is an international negotiator having been directly involved in South America, Africa, The FSU and Asia including the People’s Republic of China where he was responsible for negotiating the first ever production sharing agreement in onshore China.
Ernie Miller
Ernie has 16 years’ experience in energy finance, development, and management with both private and publicly quoted companies in the US, including BPZ Energy, Daytona Energy, Tiger Midstream Investments, LLC, Calpine Corporation and PanCanadian Energy Services. He has worked in all areas of the energy value chain including exploration and production, midstream management, and power generation.
Eckhard Mueller
27 years experience in exploration and production, including 4 years as chief geologist for KazGerMunay.