Directors and Management

Mr. Griffiths has 48 years’ oil and gas industry experience, including with the Libyan National Oil Corporation and Gulf Oil and as consultant to Enterprise Oil, Amoco (Mediterranean) and the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, amongst others, and as CEO of both Island Oil & Gas plc and Fastnet Oil and Gas plc.

During this time Mr. Griffiths has managed 2D and 3D seismic data acquisition and processing projects onshore and offshore; drilling and testing programmes, both onshore and offshore; and geological and reservoir simulation desktop studies. Mr. Griffiths is also experienced in business development in respect of licence acquisitions, farm-ins, farm outs, gas marketing and gas sales contracts and negotiations with government agencies.

In 2006, Mr. Griffiths put together and led the team that drilled the first successful exploration well in offshore southeast Ireland in 16 years. In 2008 he put together and led the team that generated and submitted the plan of development for the Amstel Field in the Netherlands and in 2014 he put together and led the team that carried out the Tendrara gas field re-evaluation prior to a successful appraisal drilling program by Sound Energy. He has 19 years specific experience in the Moroccan oil and gas sector. He was a contributor to the government of Trinidad’s CO2 EOR Steering Committee established in 2021 and a contributor to.

He has led Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc since 2018 and has been instrumental in bringing the Mag Mell FSRU project to the attention of Irish politicians and regulatory authorities in two years in advance of the 2022 European Energy Crisis. He is a geology graduate of the Royal School of Mines (London) and an Associate of the Royal School of Mines.

Dr Stephen Boldy, aged 68, is a geologist with more than 40 years’ experience in oil and gas Exploration and Production. From 1980 to 1984 he worked as a petroleum geologist for the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Department of Energy in Dublin.

He then spent almost 19 years with Amerada Hess Corporation, where his appointments included UK Exploration Manager, Exploration Manager Norway and International Exploration Manager. In March 2003 he relocated back to Dublin as Vice President Ireland for Ramco Energy plc.

In 2006 he led the listing of Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc on the AIM market in London and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, a role he continues to serve. Lansdowne has been active in the Celtic Sea offshore Ireland, where the principal activity was the successful appraisal of the Barryroe oil and gas field.

Dr Boldy has a B.Sc in geology from Bedford College, University of London, an M.Sc in Sedimentology from the University of Reading and earned his PhD in geology from Trinity College Dublin.

Alistair Jury has over 28 years’ experience in the energy industry in a variety of finance and commercial experience in a variety of roles with ExxonMobil, Unocal, Murphy, Svenska Petroleum.

He is an associate of Columbus Energy Partners involved in evaluating renewable and sustainable energy projects worldwide. He has a degree in Geology from University of London, is a Fellow of the Geological Society and is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Carl Kindinger, aged 72, for over 30 years has held senior corporate finance roles, including board level appointments, in a multitude of industries.

He is an associate member of the UK’s Institute of Chartered Management Accountants and holds a degree in economics and an M.B.A.

His experience has been gained in large and medium sized companies in Africa, the Middle East, in particular Saudi Arabia, Ireland and Romania. He has participated both at executive committee and board level in strategic decision making. Carl has track record in high level negotiations with JV partners, suppliers and principals. He is skilled in financial planning and control; evaluation of projects; Stock Exchange IFRS reporting; IPO requirements; business plans and performance evaluation.

He has held managerial roles and non-executive director appointments in several listed SME sector oil and gas exploration companies spanning two decades. He joined the Board of AIM-listed Island Oil & Gas Plc as Chief Finance Officer in 2006 and assisted with developing Island’s position in Morocco. Later he joined Fastnet Oil & Gas Plc consulting on finance matters relating to Morocco. Carl is a former Non-executive Chairman of the Company.