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.
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.
Jonathan Scott-Barrett, Commercial Director
Jonathan has substantial corporate expertise. He is a former executive director of Celtic Resources Plc, a UK publicly listed company with molybdenum and gold assets in Kazakhstan and the former chief executive officer of the London AIM-listed mining company Eureka Mining, which merged with Celtic Resources in 2006 . He helped oversee the sale of Celtic Resources to the Russian steel giant Severstal in January 2008 for a consideration of £162m and was invited to join the new Russian board of Celtic Resources as a non executive director in August 2008. He is also formerly a non-executive director of the $13 billion publicly listed conglomerate Hanson Plc.
Don Nelsen, Country Manager Cameroon
Don Nelsen is a 30-year veteran of the international oil and gas industry. A graduate of the US Military Academy, Boston University, and The University of Nebraska, he is an engineer, international business specialist and lawyer. Before joining Victoria, he has worked as Country Manager for ConocoPhillips and Noble Energy in Cameroon and Venezuela, in successful exploration and development operations.
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. |