People: Aminex PLC (AMNX.L)
AMNX.L on London Stock Exchange
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Brian Hall |
66 | 2013 | Executive Chairman of the Board |
Max Williams |
2010 | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary | |
Antonio Prado |
66 | President of Aminex USA, Inc; Executive Director | |
David Warwick |
2008 | General Manager - Operations | |
Michael Rego |
51 | 2006 | Group Exploration Director, Executive Director |
Nicholas Cameron |
Exploration Adviser | ||
I. Chialo |
Director of Ndovu Resources Limited, Tanzania | ||
Jonathan Major |
Manager - Supply & Logistics | ||
Thierry Murcia |
Country Manager, Tanzania | ||
Amos Quaah |
Geophysicist | ||
Andrew Hay |
60 | 2007 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
David Hooker |
69 | Senior Independent Non-Executive Director | |
Keith Phair |
57 | 2009 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
F. Derek Tughan |
70 | 2007 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Brian Hall |
Mr. Brian Arthur Hall serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Aminex PLC. He has managed the Company since 1991, it into Russia in 1994 and exiting its main Russian project on a profitable basis in 2001. In the 1970s he was a member of the team which developed Argyll, the UK North Sea’s first producing oilfield, since which he has worked continuously in the international oil industry. Under his management Aminex has worked in Russia, the USA, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Madagascar, Tunisia and Pakistan. He has served on the boards of four publicly-traded oil companies and has held executive roles in several others. He is a Chartered Accountant and was a co-founder of Halyard Offshore, an offshore industry consulting company. |
Max Williams |
Mr. Max V. Williams, ACA, is Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of Aminex Plc. Mr. 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 Chief Financial Officer of the Company in January 2010. Max Williams is a Chartered Accountant who joined Aminex directly from the accountancy profession. |
Antonio Prado |
Mr. Antonio G. Prado is the President of Aminex USA, Inc., Executive Director of Aminex Plc. He 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 held a number of management roles in other US oil and gas companies. Tony Prado holds an MBA from the University of Arizona and became a Director of Aminex in 1996. |
David Warwick |
Mr. David Warwick is General Manager for Operations of Aminex Plc. Mr. 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. He was in charge of the re-assessment of a North Sea acreage portfolio, which 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. |
Michael Rego |
Mr. Michael C.P. Rego is Group Exploration Director, Executive Director of Aminex Plc. He 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. He leads the Company’s exploration effort in East Africa. 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. |
Nicholas Cameron |
Mr. Nicholas Cameron is Exploration Adviser of Aminex Plc. He 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. Nick Cameron is a well-known industry 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). |
I. Chialo |
Ambassador I. Chialo is Director of Ndovu Resources Limited, Tanzania of Aminex Plc. He 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 the former Chairman of the Oil & Gas Association of Tanzania (‘OGAT’), an organisation which represents the rapidly-expanding interests of oil companies with government. |
Jonathan Major |
Mr. Jonathan Major is Manager - Supply & Logistics of Aminex Plc. He 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. |
Thierry Murcia |
Mr. Thierry Murcia is Country Manager, Tanzania of Aminex Plc. He 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. Mr. Murcia holds an MBA from The University of Western Australia. He is currently resident in Dar es Salaam where he has day-today responsibilities for all Aminex’s activities. Thierry Murcia is the Honorary Consul for Australia in Tanzania. |
Amos Quaah |
Dr. Amos Ofori Quaah is Geophysicist of Aminex PLC. He 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. |
Andrew Hay |
Mr. Andrew N.J. Hay is Independent Non-Executive Director of Aminex Plc. Mr. Hay has spent his career in investment banking in London and New York. Since 1999 he has been Head of Corporate Finance at LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities Ltd., the London arm of the LCF Rothschild Group. He is a graduate of Oxford University and in the past has held senior positions at both Schroders and ING Barings. Andrew Hay has been advising Aminex since 2002 and was appointed a Director in April 2007. |
David Hooker |
Mr. David S. Hooker is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Aminex Plc. He has managed several oil and gas exploration and production companies, including Candecca Resources Ltd, Plascom Ltd. (a subsidiary of Tarmac plc) and Aberdeen Petroleum plc. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chairman of Bakyrchic Gold plc. He is a non-executive director of Oceaneering International Inc, a US corporation, and various other companies. David Hooker was appointed a Director of Aminex in June 2001. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and holds degrees in law and geology. |
Keith Phair |
Mr. Keith J. Phair is Independent Non-Executive Director of Aminex PLC. Mr. Phair has spent the majority of his career with international banks, with senior global product management positions in capital markets. He holds a MBA from The London Business School and has acted as a capital markets consultant to companies and pension funds, also advising on strategic issues. He has been an active and engaged investor in various oil and gas exploration companies for many years. He was appointed a Director in October 2009. |
F. Derek Tughan |
Mr. F. Derek Tughan is Independent Non-Executive Director of Aminex Plc. Mr. Tughan is a solicitor and an independent businessman who was formerly a partner in Tughan & Co., a firm of solicitors in Northern Ireland. He is currently chairman of Hardcastle Homes plc’s group of BES companies as well as Chairman of two long established charitable housing associations in Northern Ireland. He joined the Board of Aminex in March 1991 and served as Chairman from June 2006 until June 2007. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Brian Hall |
345,000 |
Max Williams |
-- |
Antonio Prado |
266,000 |
David Warwick |
-- |
Michael Rego |
229,000 |
Nicholas Cameron |
-- |
I. Chialo |
-- |
Jonathan Major |
-- |
Thierry Murcia |
-- |
Amos Quaah |
-- |
Andrew Hay |
-- |
David Hooker |
-- |
Keith Phair |
-- |
F. Derek Tughan |
43,000 |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Brian Hall |
0 | 0 |
Max Williams |
0 | 0 |
Antonio Prado |
0 | 0 |
David Warwick |
0 | 0 |
Michael Rego |
0 | 0 |
Nicholas Cameron |
0 | 0 |
I. Chialo |
0 | 0 |
Jonathan Major |
0 | 0 |
Thierry Murcia |
0 | 0 |
Amos Quaah |
0 | 0 |
Andrew Hay |
0 | 0 |
David Hooker |
0 | 0 |
Keith Phair |
0 | 0 |
F. Derek Tughan |
0 | 0 |

