Management

Max Williams joined the Aminex Group in 1994 as Financial Controller and became Chief Financial Officer in January 2010. He is a Chartered Accountant who joined Aminex directly from the accountancy profession.

David Warwick is a petroleum geologist with over thirty years’ experience in the oil & gas industry. He began his career with Hamilton Brothers (now part of BHP Billiton) and subsequently spent 15 years with Phillips Petroleum Company (now Conoco-Phillips) where he became head of UK exploration with a department of 40 geoscientists and directed the re-assessment of a major North Sea acreage portfolio. This led to the discovery of 2 Central North Sea oil fields and to the key discovery well on one of the Armada gas fields. Prior to joining Aminex he was General Manager for Burren Energy’s Egyptian operations.

Nick Cameron is a Petroleum Geologist retained by Aminex to support its exploration activities. During his career he has been active throughout Africa and has worked for oil companies, governments and service companies. Mr. Cameron is a well-known industry expert who is a frequent speaker at international technical conferences in addition to his active exploration work. From 1982 to 1993 he held senior posts with Conoco (now Conoco-Phillips).

Amos Ofori Quaah joined Aminex in 2006 as Senior Geophysicist. He holds a PhD in geophysics from the University of London and has previously worked for Phillips Petroleum Company (now Conoco-Phillips) in the UK and for Ghana National Petroleum Corporation in Accra, during which time he served for one year as Acting Director-General.

Jonathan Major has worked for the Aminex group since 1995 and manages its AMOSSCO subsidiary. As well as third party business he is responsible for supply and logistics for all the group’s operated projects outside the USA, including transporting drilling rigs and other equipment to remote locations. Before joining Aminex he was with BP in Aberdeen as Deputy Manager for North Sea supply vessel operations.

Ambassador Chialo retired from a distinguished career in the Tanzanian Diplomatic Service where he was latterly Tanzania’s Ambassador to Japan and surrounding nations in the region. He is a director of Ndovu Resources Ltd.

Thierry Murcia has an MBA from the University of Western Australia and a background in commercial management. Before joining Aminex he worked for BP in various commercial and administrative capacities and prior to that he was with Caltex Australia. He is currently resident in Dar es Salaam