About us
Board Profile
Dr. George Watkins CBE
Chairman (Nominations, audit and remuneration committee)
Dr. George Watkins CBE holds a BSc in Mining, a PhD in Geophysics and an MSc in Management. He also holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering DEng from Heriot Watt University. George joined the Conoco Group in 1973 and retired as Chairman and MD of ConocoPhillips (UK) Ltd in 2002. He has served as a non-executive director of Abbot Group plc, Paladin Resources plc, Production Services Network (PSN) Ltd and on the Defence Procurement Agency. He is a Governor of the Robert Gordon University.
Peter Moir
Chief Executive Officer
Peter’s qualifications include B.Sc. Civil Engineering and M.Eng. Petroleum Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer in the UK and has more than 30 years experience in technical, operational and commercial aspects of the Exploration and Production business.
Alan Hume
Group Finance Director
Alan is a chartered management account (FCMA) with over 20 years senior level finance and commercial experience. He has significant international exposure having been based in Norway, South Africa and the Middle East and is well acquainted with the needs of both start-up companies and established international oil and gas service organisations.
Paul Butcher
Non-Executive Director (Nominations, audit and remuneration committee)
Paul holds a BSc in Earth Sciences and an MSc in Marine Geology and Geophysics and an MBA. Much of his career was spent in BP and Amoco where he spent 25 years, leading to a variety of senior strategic and operational leadership positions within the upstream business.
Jeremy Kane
Non-Executive Director (Nominations, audit and remuneration committee)
Jeremy Kane has spent more than 40 years working in marketing, communications and public affairs developing and implementing global and regional corporate reputation, crisis management and public affairs programs. Mr. Kane worked for over 23 years at Mars Confectionery holding a number of senior roles including Chief Personnel Officer, Marketing Director, Sales Director and Group External Affairs Director in the UK, Continental Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Mr. Kane founded and chaired European Public Policy Advisors (EPPA) which became the largest independent public affairs company in Europe. He sold EPPA to its management and co-founded Ergo Communications, a marketing communications and public affairs company which he chaired for more than six years. Ergo was sold to Huntsworth plc, the global PR group, in 2004. In 2006 Mr. Kane co-founded another European public affairs company, Landmark European Public Policy Advisers. He moved to the United States in 2008 and formed Hillgate Communications Inc a Marketing Communications specialist.