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Ben holds a BSc Geography and GIS from the University of Greenwich and an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at Royal Holloway. Ben has experience working as an exploration geoscientist for an onshore oil and gas exploration company acquiring and interpreting geophysical data and drilling multiple successful wells onshore Africa. He has successfully negotiated agreements in over 12 countries whilst Director for Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East for an exploration geophysical company.

James has a BSc in Geology and MSc in Petroleum Geoscience, both from the University of Manchester. James has worked for various companies in the oil and gas sector, primarily in the geophysical data space. He has strong experience with numerous data types including potential fields, seismic, hyperspectral, LiDAR and in integration of different data types, predictive analytics and data mining. Through various roles in the oil and gas sector, James has got to know a multitude of African and Middle Eastern ministries as well as IOCs and NOCs.

+10 years’ Africa-focussed experience as a geophysicist and analyst within the O&G industry, and latterly the mining and processing of battery materials, helping African-assets attract global investment.

Chris holds a BSc in Applied Physics and brings a wealth of multidisciplinary experience to the team. He has strong technical and operational background in geophysical methods for oil and gas exploration and production. He has also held multiple director roles in the commercial side of sales and business development. 

Jasper holds an MSc in Geology from Utrecht University, and MBA from London Business School and a BSc in CCUS from Edinburgh University. Jasper is a well-known oil and gas executive and thought leader especially in the African energy landscape, global exploration and the energy transition. He spent 25 years with bp and as their Exploration Vice-President, he stewarded the grow bp’s upstream footprint in Africa from four to ten countries. His teams have generated over twenty major discoveries across six countries. He has recently joined ADNOC as their Vice-President for Strategy and Business Development.

Tanya is a former EVP for an international oil and gas exploration company as well as the former Solicitor-General of Belize. Tanya received her Law degree from the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College and professional legal qualifications from the Inns of Court School of Law in London and previously served as a dual qualified Solicitor in the UK and in her native home of Belize. Tanya has also previously held roles with a strong focus on Africa and Middle East bringing a wealth of valuable and applicable knowledge from exploration, legal and corporate management background.