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Robert Arnott
Non-Executive Chairman
Robert has over 25 years’ experience of the upstream industry, in both technical and business development roles, with ten years’ direct experience in investment banking as an upstream oil and gas analyst. He worked with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS. He is a Research Fellow with the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies and, until 2008, advised the Norwegian EP company DNO on its strategy in Kurdistan and Yemen. He is also a non-executive Director of Spring Energy, a private Norwegian oil and gas company focused on exploration offshore in Norway, and of Impax Environmental Markets plc, a FTSE-350 investment trust. Age 53 |
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Brian O’Cathain
Chief Executive
Brian is a geologist and petroleum engineer with 25 years’ experience in senior technical and commercial roles in upstream oil and gas exploration and production companies. Brian previously held the positions of Managing Director of Tullow Oil’s international business and chief executive of Afren plc. In senior management positions with Enterprise Oil and Shell International, he was principally involved with acquisitions, divestments and corporate strategy. He has experience in working in West Africa, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, South Asia, and Offshore Ireland. Age 51 |
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Alan McGettigan
Finance Director
Alan has over 20 years’ experience in oil and gas exploration and production. Prior to joining Petroceltic, Alan worked for BG International where he held senior roles in Commercial and Group Business Development. His other experience includes roles at Shell International and BP, as well as four years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Alan holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration with distinction from the Harvard Business School. Age 49 |
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Tom Hickey
Corporate Development Director
Tom was previously an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) from 2000-2008. During this time Tullow grew via a number of significant acquisitions including the US $570m acquisition of Energy Africa in 2004 and the US $1.1bn acquisition of Hardman Resources in 2007. Prior to joining Tullow, Tom was an Associate Director of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance (Ireland) Limited. A Commerce graduate of University College Dublin and a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Chartered Accountants, he is also a non-executive Director of PetroNeft Resources plc, an AIM listed independent oil and gas company with assets in Western Siberia, and of Ikon Science Limited, a geological software company. Age 42 |
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Andrew Bostock
Senior Non-Executive Director
Andy is an experienced upstream oil and gas director with over 25 years’ operational and commercial experience in the sector. After beginning his career with Shell International, he progressed through increasingly senior technical and commercial roles in a number of independent oil and gas companies, including Enterprise Oil, Talisman Energy and Venture Production, before serving as an executive director of Dana Petroleum plc, 2001-2006. He joined the Board of Petroceltic as the senior non-executive Director in June 2007. He is currently chairman of Purepower Group Limited, a privately owned renewable energy company. Age 48 |
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Con Casey
Non-Executive Director
Con is a Chartered Certified Accountant, partner of LHM Casey McGrath and a member of the Board of Petroceltic since October 2000. He has over 25 years’ experience in advising companies in the natural resources sector as well as acting as adviser to a number of publicly quoted companies and semi-state organisations. He specialises in corporate finance. As company secretary, Con is responsible for ensuring that the Company complies with relevant legislation & regulation and keeps Board members informed of their legal responsibilities. As non-executive director, he monitors the executive activity and contributes to the development of strategy. Con is chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nominations committee and the remuneration committee. Age 50 |
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