Our Board and Advisory Board of Directors is comprised of ten members.
The Board Chairman is elected from the International Advisory Board members on a one year rotational basis.
Together they responsible for setting our overall strategic direction.
Our Executive Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors and led by our Co-Chief Executive Officers.
Its members are responsible for delivering the strategy defined by the Board.
They come from diverse backgrounds and have very different skills to one another, but they all have a proven ability to lead, and a deep commitment to our vision, values and culture.
We have Business Development and Technical Advisory Executives dedicated for each global region.
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Mr Lee has served as a strategic consultant to international groups conducting business in China, covering multiple aspects, including; structuring, tech transferring, fund raising, and governmental relations.
Mr. Lee closely collaborates with multiple Chinese leading national State Owned Enterprises on foreign relations, partnership formulations and fund Strategies, working in coordination with the Government of China One Belt One Road (OBOR) Office.
He is a certified attorney of PR China Justice Department.
He is presently serving as the Deputy Dean of the world class Shanghai Academy of Xi’an JiaoTong University (established 1896) and as International Director of China Eco-agriculture Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliances (ECO-AISA).
Mr Lee is also the Special Envoy for China to a number of Countries and the Special Representative of the Healthcare Sector.
He was educated in China Petroleum University, Sun Yat-sen University and China East Political and Law University.
Surinder Rai holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath, UK and Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Energy Institute.
Mr. Rai has over 23 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry in a variety of global technical and executive management roles within major operating companies, including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Hess and Gulf Keystone Petroleum.
His overall industry experience covers North Sea Oil & Gas operations, UK refining and International Projects (East Irish Sea, West of Shetland, Gulf of Mexico, Algeria, Ghana, Iran, Kurdistan-Iraq, Iraq, Libya, Kazakhstan, & Russia).
Mr. Rai has a wide ranging experience base from negotiating major oil & gas fields at Head of State and Oil Minister level (Bangladesh, Bolivia, Iran, Iraq, Libya & Peru), to executive management C-level positions within public companies, fund raising, and major capital project execution.
Born 1957. Brazilian Nationality.
Eduardo is a mechanical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with further studies at COPPE/UFRJ, CII – Construction Industry Institute, IMD and INSEAD.
He has over 40 years’ experience leading major projects as a country manager in Brazil, Houston, Singapore, Peru, Argentina and Mexico.
His experience includes consulting, project structuring, financing and project management in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, food industry and chemical.
He was the Project General Manager and CEO of the USD3.8billion mega-project Etileno XXI (a greenfield Ethane based Polyethylene Petrochemical plant in Mexico), that was awarded Dupont Global Safety 2015 and ENR Global Best Projects 2016 (Award of Merit Power/Industrial).
Previously he was responsible for the USD4.9billion Engineering, Production and Construction project director of Kuntur gas pipeline, including a FEL-1 Petrochemical Complex evaluation in Peru with Petrobras.
Eduardo is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Liam Lakes holds a Masters Degree in Law from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen , UK. Liam is a Chartered Surveyor and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Energy Institute.
Liam has over 30 years of international experience in various sectors including construction, energy and marine projects. Specialising in English Law contracts Liam has also developed particular strengths in arbitration and dispute resolution. Liam’s has also held roles for overall responsibility for commercial management of projects.
During his career Liam has worked for large and small organisations including BP, KBR, Balfour Beatty, Hess, Genel Energy and more recently Glencore. Normally based in the UK but travelled widely and undertaken projects in Europe, Africa, Middle East and USA.
Alan Lucas has a BSc (Hons) in Engineering Science from Exeter University in the UK and has subsequently worked in the oil & gas industry for over 40 years.
He spent the major part of his career with Royal Dutch Shell on various international postings in Malaysia, Oman, Turkey and Brunei where he was Head of Technical Agreements & Economics. Subsequently he held a number of senior positions with Monument Resources, LASMO, Emerald Energy and latterly with Gulf Keystone Petroleum.
At Monument he was Country Manager for Turkmenistan and co-authored a major feasibility study on oil & gas export options on behalf of the Turkmen Government. At LASMO he worked with the Iranian NIOC on an integrated study of the petroleum potential of the Caspian Sea. He was Chief Operating Officer at Emerald Energy with interests in Colombia. Gulf Keystone was one of the first international oil companies into the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq, where he was Development Manager for one of GKP’s discoveries.
GSEG have nominated a replacement CFO.
It is anticipated that the formal announcement of the CFO engagement will take place within the next financial quarter once his contractual period of gardening leave at his current role has expired.
The nominated CFO is a seasoned Finance Executive with international experience. He has held senior roles within international E&P companies. During his career he has been deeply involved in a variety of complex business projects including M&A, integration, business transformation and strategy execution. He is known for his leadership, strong finance and accounting expertise and his focus on people development.
In this interim period the CFO duties are being fulfilled by the group finance manager.
Eduardo is a mechanical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with further studies at COPPE/UFRJ, CII – Construction Industry Institute, IMD and INSEAD.
He has over 40 years’ experience leading major projects as a country manager in Brazil, Houston, Singapore, Peru, Argentina and Mexico.
His experience includes consulting, project structuring, financing and project management in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, food industry and chemical.
He was the Project General Manager and CEO of the USD3.8billion mega-project Etileno XXI (a greenfield Ethane based Polyethylene Petrochemical plant in Mexico), that was awarded Dupont Global Safety 2015 and ENR Global Best Projects 2016 (Award of Merit Power/Industrial).
Previously he was responsible for the USD4.9billion Engineering, Production and Construction project director of Kuntur gas pipeline, including a FEL-1 Petrochemical Complex evaluation in Peru with Petrobras.
Eduardo is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Liam Lakes holds a Masters Degree in Law from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen , UK. Liam is a Chartered Surveyor and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Energy Institute.
Liam has over 30 years of international experience in various sectors including construction, energy and marine projects. Specialising in English Law contracts Liam has also developed particular strengths in arbitration and dispute resolution. Liam’s has also held roles for overall responsibility for commercial management of projects.
During his career Liam has worked for large and small organisations including BP, KBR, Balfour Beatty, Hess, Genel Energy and more recently Glencore. Normally based in the UK but travelled widely and undertaken projects in Europe, Africa, Middle East and USA.
The Board Chairman is elected from the International Advisory Board Members on a one year rotational basis.
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