Management

Prior to joining Aminex Mr Detmer was CEO of Sibir Energy plc, where he led the company out of crisis and concluded its successful sale to Gazprom. He started his oil industry career with Mobil Oil Corporation in various positions in Russia, Latin America and the United States. Mr. Detmer holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, a BA from Vanderbilt University and attended Leningrad State University. Mr. Detmer is Senior Independent Director of Exillon Energy plc, a London-listed oil company with interests in the Russian Federation.

Mike Rego is a Petroleum Geologist. He joined Aminex in 1998 as Resident Manager in Tatarstan (Russia), becoming Group Exploration Manager in 2001 and Group Exploration Director in 2006. He has previously worked for BP, LASMO and other oil companies and has lived and worked in Russia, Libya, Egypt and USA as well as in the United Kingdom. Mike Rego is well known in the oil industry for his work on the East African Margin. He is a geology graduate from the University of Swansea, UK.

Tony Prado has been associated with companies which are now within the Aminex group since 1984 and joined Aminex full-time in 1994 as president of the group’s US subsidiaries. He has full responsibility for the Group’s operations in the USA and is also involved in the Group’s international operations. He was formerly vice-president finance at City Exploration Company of Houston, Texas and for nine years managed its Latin American operations, including oil production in the Republic of Ecuador. He has also held a number of management roles in other US oil and gas companies. Tony Prado holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix-Arizona and became a Director of Aminex in 1996.

Max Williams joined the Aminex Group in 1994 as Financial Controller at the time that it acquired its first Russian assets and was fully involved with its Russian development and production operations. He was appointed became Chief Financial Officer in January 2010. Max Williams 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 resident director of the group’s Tanzanian operating subsidiary Ndovu Resources Ltd. and Chairman of the Oil & Gas Association of Tanzania (‘OGAT’), an organisation which represents the rapidly-expanding interests of oil companies with government.

Thierry Murcia has spent his career in commercial management and administration, primarily in Western Australia. Prior to joining Aminex and relocating to Tanzania, he worked for BP in various commercial and administrative capacities. Prior to BP he was an executive with Caltex Australia. Thierry Murcia holds an MBA from The University of Western Australia. He is currently resident in Dar es Salaam where he has day-to-day responsibilities for all Aminex’s activities.

Thierry Murcia is the Honorary Consul for Australia in Tanzania.