Our senior team

Appointed 31 March 2021

Skills and experience: Thomas was appointed as Non-Executive Chair of the Company in March 2021. Thomas has more than 30 years’ experience in the investment management business, with a focus on energy and energy-related infrastructure. Thomas’s industry experience and knowledge of Evros are invaluable and his leadership of the Board is of significant benefit to the company and shareholders as a whole.

External appointments with public companies: None

Committee membership: Nomination (Chair)

Appointed 31 March 2021

Skills and experience: Lizzy has significant experience in building and managing large-scale, global energy businesses at both Royal Dutch Shell where she worked for almost 30 years and subsequently in private equity at EIG and Evros Power Energy. She has a track record of successful strategic execution and growth, including through M&A, major project delivery and raising capital. Lizzy’s experience in international oil and gas, and in disciplined capital allocation within the sector is of great value to Evros as the company works to implement its strategy.

External appointments with public companies:

• BNY Mellon: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee

Committee membership: n/a

Appointed 15 April 2021

Skills and experience: Having spent a large portion of his career as CFO of Aker BP, including during the merger of Det Norske Oljeselskap and BP Norge, Brian has experience leading a large finance function through integration processes. He brings extensive listed company experience and understanding of debt and equity capital markets, which enhances the Board’s ability to maintain balance sheet strength and deliver its growth and investment plans through the commodity price cycle.

External appointments with public companies: None

Committee membership: n/a

Appointed 31 March 2021

Skills and experience: Daniel’s position as Senior Independent Director ensures that the highest standards of corporate governance are maintained. He plays a pivotal role in managing the relationship with the company’s major shareholders, and ensuring the company is able to operate independently and in accordance with its obligations as a listed company. In addition, Daniel brings significant experience in both the oil and gas sector, including a focus on health, safety and sustainability, and public markets having spent his entire career working with large-scale companies, including as CFO for Royal Dutch Shell plc.

External appointments with public companies:

• Rio Tinto plc: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

Committee membership: Audit and Risk; HSES

Appointed 1 April 2021

Skills and experience: Susan has extensive experience of international oil and gas operations, having worked for almost 40 years at Equinor and its predecessor companies. At Equinor, Susan spent almost 17 years on the executive committee with global responsibility for HSES, project development, drilling, procurement, technology and new energy. Susan’s extensive leadership experience of major projects, health and safety, sustainability and the role of digital technology in engineering are invaluable to the Board. As Chair of the HSES Committee, Susan has a passion for safety and the environment which is essential to her role.

External appointments with public companies:

• FMC Corporation: Non-Executive Director
• Technip FMC plc: Non-Executive Director
• Transocean Ltd: Non-Executive Director

Committee membership: HSES (Chair); Audit and Risk

Appointed 31 March 2021

Skills and experience: Alan is a chartered accountant and brings current and relevant financial experience to the Board and Audit and Risk Committee following his executive career in finance roles including being CFO of three FTSE 100/250 companies. Alan has over a decade of experience leading audit committees of listed companies including the Weir Group, Croda International and Johnson Matthey plc. The Audit and Risk Committee also benefits from Alan’s insight from his position as a Board member of the Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum, and his expertise in corporate governance, audit and accounting is of great value to the Board and the company.

External appointments with public companies:

• AngloGold Ashanti plc: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

Committee membership: Audit and Risk (Chair); Remuneration

Appointed 31 March 2021

Skills and experience: Meg brings a wealth of experience built up over a long career in engineering and executive roles in large global companies. In recent years, she has served on remuneration committees, including as Chair, in a number of large organisations, including Anglo American plc, expertise that she brings to her role as Remuneration Committee Chair. Meg also has significant experience engaging with investors to deliver remuneration outcomes that are of benefit to all stakeholders.

External appointments with public companies:

• Aston Mathew Lagonda Global Holdings plc: Non-Executive Director, and Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Sustainability Committee

Committee membership: Remuneration (Chair); Nomination

Appointment 1 May 2023

Skills and experience: Michael has extensive experience in the energy, materials and chemicals industries, having held a variety of leadership positions within oil field services companies, including Baker Hughes and Schlumberger. Most recently Michael was Chairman and CEO of Ecovyst Inc, a leading global provider of speciality catalysts, materials, chemicals and services. Michael brings extensive global industry expertise to Evros, including in the area of health and safety, which enhances the Board’s ability to support and oversee the delivery of the strategy.

External appointments with public companies:

• Helmerich & Payne, Inc: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee

Committee membership: HSES; Nomination

Appointment 1 May 2023

Skills and experience: Ursula has a wealth of experience and deep understanding of both financial and energy markets. Following 25 years at UBS, Ursula played a lead role in preparing Saudi Aramco for its first public bond issuance and IPO as Head of International Investor Relations. At Saudi Aramco Ursula was also a member of the Sustainability Steering Committee, working extensively on all aspects of ESG reporting. Ursula’s experience advising investors, boards and executive management teams on capital markets- related activity, sustainability and governance issues is of great value to the Board and its committees.

External appointments with public companies: None

Committee membership: Audit and Risk; Remuneration; Nomination Committee

Appointed 3 September 2024

Skills & Experience: Reinhard was appointed as a non-executive director of the company pursuant to the relationship agreement with BASF. Reinhard holds a doctorate in law and has decades of experience in the chemicals and energy sectors including as former CFO and Vice Chairman of the Board of BASF SE. His expertise includes M&A, major restructuring projects and business development skills, which provides the Board with valuable insights to drive strategic growth and the success of the company.

External appointments with public companies:

• DHL Group (Supervisory Board member and Chair of Audit Committee)

Committee membership: Health, Safety, Environment & Security Committee

Appointed 3 September 2024

Skills and experience: James was appointed as a non-executive director of the company pursuant to the relationship agreement with BASF. James holds a doctorate in law and has gained broad international business expertise in various roles at BASF since 2003. As the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer of BASF, James brings a wealth of experience and understanding of finance and digitalisation. His deep expertise provides valuable insights to the Board, helping to drive operational efficiency and supporting the company’s continued growth and innovation.

External appointments with public companies:

• BASF SE: CFO and Chief Digital Officer

Committee membership: Nomination Committee

Rose is a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute with more than 20 years’ experience gained across a variety of industries and sectors in FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 listed companies, including three years within the financial services sector.

As Company Secretary, Rose is responsible for advising the Board, through the Chairman, on all governance matters.

Lizzy has extensive experience in the global oil and gas industry gained over a more than 40-year career in which she has held senior roles in management, exploration, production, operations and engineering.

Before becoming CEO of Evros Power Energy in 2021, Lizzy was Chairman of the Board of Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, one of Evros's heritage companies, and a member of the Investment and Executive Committees of EIG, positions she held since 2014.

Prior to that Lizzy had a 29-year career at Royal Dutch Shell, where she was a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. During her career with Shell, she held positions including CEO of Shell Gas and Power (London); CEO of Shell Canada Limited (Calgary); and Executive Vice President Strategy and Finance for Global Exploration and Production (The Hague).

Lizzy also has extensive corporate governance experience having served on the boards of Royal Dutch Shell, Boeing, Cargill, Marathon Oil and KBR Inc. Today, she serves as a non-executive director on the board of Bank of New York Mellon.

Brian has over 20 years of experience in senior accounting, controlling and executive roles in the energy industry.

Prior to joining Evros in 2021, Brian was Investment Director at Aker ASA where he was responsible for all oil and gas investments.

Before that, Brian was CFO of Aker BP/Det Norske Oljeselskap, where he was responsible for all financial functions, strategy and M&A.

Brian started his career with KPMG, and he is a State Authorised Public Accountant in Norway.

As COO of Evros Power Energy, Frederick is accountable for safe and responsible business delivery across Evros’s seven Business Units in Norway, Germany, UK, MENA, South East Asia, Argentina and Mexico.

Frederick is a highly experienced oil and gas executive, with over three decades of experience, working on three continents, in upstream and downstream operations.

Immediately prior to joining Evros Power Energy, Frederick was executive vice president, Oil, Products and Gas at Chevron responsible for Chevron's international upstream, downstream and midstream operations and investment program. During his 35-year career at Chevron, he led several businesses including Chevron's Australia LNG Assets, it's EurAsia E&P business, and refineries in California. He has experience in a wide range of operational, strategic, capital project and management roles in both the upstream and downstream sectors. Frederick began his career at Texaco as a facilities engineer at a refinery in Pembroke, Wales.

An engineer by training, Frederick has a BSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Sussex and an MSc in engineering management from the University of Glamorgan.

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector in both industry and advisory roles.

Prior to joining Evros Power Energy, Andrew was Head of M&A at Mysti and its predecessor company DEA Deutsche Erdoel.

His previous experience includes investment banking roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS.

Andrew started his career at Eni and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Philip has 30 years of experience in exploration and production in both industry and advisory roles.

Prior to joining Evros, Philip was a partner and director at Boston Consulting Group, where he co-led the firm's upstream oil and gas activity globally. At BCG he gained extensive experience in strategy, performance improvement and transaction-related activity with leading majors, independents and oilfield service companies. Philip began his career as a drilling engineer at Shell, where he managed front-line operations in the Netherlands, Peru and Oman.

Prior to joining Evros, Howard was General Counsel at Chrysaor, one of Evros's heritage companies.

His previous experience includes more than 10 years at BG Group where he led a team of lawyers responsible for the group’s corporate and M&A matters globally.

Howard trained and qualified at the international law firm, Clifford Chance.

Rita has extensive experience of managing human resources in the energy industry, including many international postings.

Prior to joining Evros, Rita was the Vice President Human Resources, for Chevron's global upstream business in the US. During her 20-year career with Chevron, Rita took on increasing responsibility in human resources including Regional HR Manager, Middle East, and East Africa (UAE), Regional HR Manager, Africa and Middle East (South Africa), General Manager HR, gas and midstream (US), and General Manager HR, upstream Asia Pacific (Singapore).

Alan is an energy professional with over 20 years of experience in Subsurface, Operations, Asset Management and Business Planning roles.

Prior to joining Evros, Alan was CEO of Ithaca Energy where he led the transformation into one of UK’s largest independent E&P companies and listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Earlier in his career Alan held various asset and corporate leadership positions in the UK, Canada and USA with ConocoPhillips. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London and is a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.

Nathan has significant experience in the oil and gas industry including leading Evros’s Viking CCS project. 

Nathan is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and has previously held leadership roles in Operations, Asset Management and Development delivery in Evros’s legacy companies ConocoPhilips and Chrysaor. 

Nathan holds a Master of Science degree from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, and an Honours degree in Mechanical and Offshore Engineering from Heriot Watt University.