Leadership

Daniel has nearly a decade of investment banking experience in Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, as an Executive Director, across New York, London and Moscow.

For the past decade, Daniel has built businesses across different sectors, including tech and fintech.

Daniel has a First class MA from Oxford University and another MA from Johns Hopkins University.

William has more than 16 years’ experience in senior financial roles within several listed natural resources groups, including Block Energy plc, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd, International Petroleum Ltd, African Minerals Ltd and Adastra Minerals Inc, where he took leading roles in establishing and managing financial systems across seven jurisdictions.

William is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant and holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting from London Guildhall University.

Jay Bhattacherjee holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering with a Petroleum Engineering speciality and has over 20 years of experience operating and leading public and private companies in the energy and natural resources industries with a significant focus on EMEA, the core operational area for the Company.

Jay was previously Executive Director and CEO of Aminex plc, the London-listed East African gas company. Additionally, he has worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia, Apache and Pengrowth. Jay is currently a director of several private companies in the investment, energy, and defence sectors.

Alex was a Director and Co-founder of Aleph Commodities Ltd (“Aleph”). His expertise lies in commodities, infrastructure and asset management. Prior to Aleph, Alex was a founding partner at Omikron Partners and Liberty Street Partners, redeveloping distressed real estate and infrastructure projects. Previously, he was Portfolio Manager at Tiverton Trading – a global macro and commodities hedge fund. Alex holds a BA and MA from University College London.

Mr. Linacre is Deputy Chairman of Instinctif Partners, a leading business communications firm. He has worked in the City for over 4 decades in Investment Banking, Stockbroking and Business Communications, advising a range of businesses in a variety of sectors.

He is also Chairman of Frenkel Topping plc, a specialist financial advisory firm listed on the AIM market.

Krzysztof has over four decades of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has held senior leadership positions in several Energy Majors, including BP, TNK/BP and Rosneft, where he was Vice President for M&A and Strategy.