Directors and Management

The Company benefits from a management team with an impressive depth of experience in the oil and gas industry spanning production, merger and acquisition activity and broad international knowledge.

Management is committed to rigorous governance compliant with AIM listing rules.

Richard Herbert

Richard Herbert

CEO

Richard is a geologist by profession, with nearly 44 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. His previous roles include COO Exploration at BP, Executive Vice-President for Technology at TNK-BP in Russia, Vice-President of Exploration for Talisman Energy in Alberta, Canada and CEO of Canadian independent Frontera Energy Corporation, operating in Latin America. He was formerly General Manager of the Wytch Farm oil field in Dorset and is currently a non-executive director of Capricorn Plc.

Carlos Fernandes

Carlos Fernandes

Finance Director

Carlos has 17 years’ experience in the mining, and oil and gas industries and has been part of the Angus team since 2013, guiding it through its IPO process in 2016. He has a very strong track record in accounting and finance roles at both company and project level and particular expertise in identifying M&A opportunities, achieving production targets and running development and production programmes. He has over 11 years commercial experience working in the Mining and Oil & Gas industry.

Tim

Tim Kaye

Head of UK Operations

Tim has 40 years of oil and gas industry experience having held senior management positions in both upstream and downstream operations within the UK onshore and offshore oil and gas industry. He acted as former Operations Lead for BP and EnQuest in the North Sea, and he has an established track record for delivering strategic improvement in operations. He has acted in lead roles for M&A activities in the North Sea.

Ross

Ross Pearson

Wells and Subsurface Director

Ross has more than 20 years experience in the energy sector, having held a number of technical and management roles, most recently at IGas Energy where he was Technical Director, as well as at Origin Energy and Senex Energy. He has significant experience in both Australia and Canada.

Krzysztof

Krzysztof Zielicki

Interim Chairman

Krzysztof has a wealth of experience in the oil and gas industry spanning four decades, having held senior management positions in major energy companies including BP working on world-wide acquisitions, Golar LNG working on gas developments and at TNK / Rosneft where he was Vice President for M&A and Strategy. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions valued in excess of $200 billion.

Richard Herbert

Richard Herbert

CEO

Richard is a geologist by profession, with nearly 44 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. His previous roles include COO Exploration at BP, Executive Vice-President for Technology at TNK-BP in Russia, Vice-President of Exploration for Talisman Energy in Alberta, Canada and CEO of Canadian independent Frontera Energy Corporation, operating in Latin America. He was formerly General Manager of the Wytch Farm oil field in Dorset and is currently a non-executive director of Capricorn Plc.

Carlos Fernandes

Carlos Fernandes

Executive Director

Carlos has 17 years’ experience in the mining, and oil and gas industries and has been part of the Angus team since 2013, guiding it through its IPO process in 2016. He has a very strong track record in accounting and finance roles at both company and project level and particular expertise in identifying M&A opportunities, achieving production targets and running development and production programmes. He has over 11 years commercial experience working in the Mining and Oil & Gas industry.

Antoine

Antoine Vayner

Non-Executive Director

Antoine joined the board of Angus Energy in June 2024, representing Kemexon, the company’s largest shareholder. He has considerable experience in origination and execution of a variety of transactions in the energy space having previously worked for St James’s Wealth Management, the Mirabaud Group, and IDCM (Finance and M&A advisory) in London, before taking a position in strategy and business development of the investment arm of Kemexon.