Alan Stein
Non-Executive Chairman

Dr Stein is a petroleum geologist with a broad range of international experience.  He was a founder and Director of IKODA Limited, a petroleum exploration consultancy based in London and Perth.  Together with the other shareholders of IKODA Alan was founder and Director of FIL Resources Limited and a founder and Managing Director of AIM-listed Fusion Oil & Gas plc.  Following the sale of Fusion Oil & Gas to Sterling Energy Alan, together with several Fusion colleagues, established Ophir Energy, an oil and gas exploration company focused on Africa of which Alan is presently Managing Director.

Dr Stein was appointed a Director of the Company on 27 October 2009.

Ken Charsinsky
Managing Director

Mr Charsinsky has over 32 years of worldwide international E&P experience in both technical and management roles. After receiving an MS Geology degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he commenced his career with Cities Service Oil and Gas Company. He has subsequently worked for Maxus Energy, CMS (Nomeco) Oil and Gas Company and Noble Energy Inc.  He has held several Management positions including assignments as MD in Congo and Tunisia. During his tenure on those projects production was enhanced and exploration discoveries were made, adding significant value. For the past several years, as manager of Noble’s International New Ventures group, he was responsible for the acquisition of a number of key strategic assets.

Mr Charsinsky was appointed a Director of the Company on 27 October 2009.

John Lander
Non-Executive Director

Mr Lander has over 40 years experience in the international and domestic oil industry and has held a number of directorships in successful oil and gas companies listed in the United Kingdom.  He currently holds additional non executive posts in three UK based companies, namely: Canadian North Sea Ltd, Alkane Energy Plc and Ophir Energy Plc.

Mr Lander was appointed as a Director of the Company on 27 October 2009