Board

Maria was appointed as a Non-Executive Chair in May 2024. 

Skills and experience

• Master’s, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Bachelor’s in Political Science, University of Wisconsin
• Chartered Financial Analyst
• Corporate Director Certificate, Harvard Business School

Maria has strong governance experience, having served as chair, senior director and committee member of various public companies. She currently serves as Non-Executive Chair of Constellation Oil Services, a deep-water drilling oil services company based in Brazil. She has two decades of direct investment experience in senior roles, including as Head of Emerging Markets Equity Strategy at Goldman Sachs and PIMCO. With that she brings considerable expertise in portfolio management and equity and debt capital markets.

Key external appointments

• Non-Executive Chair, Constellation Oil Services
• Non-Executive Director, Bank of Georgia Group PLC

Committee membership

• Remuneration Committee
• Nomination and Governance Committee - Chair

Randy was appointed as an Executive Director in June 2023.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, University of Calgary

Randy has more than 30 years of industry experience in executive and financial roles, including CFO of Zodiac Exploration, CFO of Pearl Exploration & Production and CFO of Trident Exploration.

Most recently, he was President and CEO of TransGlobe Energy, an Egypt-focused production and development business with operations in the Eastern and Western Deserts. At TransGlobe Energy Randy led negotiations which resulted in an amended, extended and consolidated Production Sharing Contract with EGPC in Egypt, and ultimately the negotiations which led to the merger between TransGlobe and VAALCO Energy in October 2022. 

Randy obtained designations as a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Key external appointments

• None

Committee membership

• Sustainability Committee

Richard was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director in February 2023.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor’s in Geology, University of Bristol

Richard is a petroleum geologist with over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector, including leading executive roles across the world's major hydrocarbon provinces. Most recently, Richard served as CEO of Frontera Energy Corporation and global head of exploration for BP.

His career started at Phillips Petroleum, followed by 19 years at BP in senior exploration and development positions spanning Southeast Asia, Latin America, the US, Angola and the UK North Sea. After leaving BP, Richard spent 6 years with TNK-BP in Russia, serving first as VP Exploration and then EVP Technology. After that he worked in Canada as Vice-President, Exploration of Talisman Energy for 5 years, before returning to BP as Head of Exploration in 2013.

Key external appointments

• CEO, Angus Energy plc
• Non-Executive Director, PGS ASA

Committee membership

• Audit Committee
• Remuneration Committee (Chair)
• Nomination and Governance Committee

Tom was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in February 2023.

Skills and experience

• Master’s degree, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge

He has over 25 years’ investment banking and private equity experience in public and private markets. He is currently a partner at LionRock Capital, having previously served in senior leadership positions at firms including Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and D.E. Shaw. Tom has broad experience in emerging markets, capital markets and structuring of complex financial products.

He is currently Head of Europe and an investment committee member at LionRock Capital, a private equity firm investing primarily in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining LionRock, Tom was a managing director at Credit Suisse, where he ran distribution and coverage groups involved in leveraged finance, credit, equity derivatives, cash equities and private placements.

He has direct investment experience in numerous emerging and frontier markets, including Vietnam, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Laos.

Key external appointments

• Director, Haglöfs AB
• Non-Executive Vice Chairman, Harmony Advisors
• Non-Executive Director, SiGi Capital

Committee membership

• Audit Committee – Chair
• Remuneration Committee

Patrice was appointed as Non-Executive Director in June 2023.

Skills and experience

• B.A. Politics & Psychology, Queen’s University
• Completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD

Patrice Merrin is a high-quality corporate director, with significant experience across the energy, resources and commodity sectors. She served for nine years until May 2023 as an independent Non-Executive Director of Glencore plc, where she chaired the Ethics, Culture and Compliance Committee and was a member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Communities Committee and the Investigations Committee.

In 2022, Patrice joined the board of Lancium, Inc., a leading energy technology and infrastructure private company dedicated to accelerating the energy transition. Patrice also serves as Chair of Metals Acquisition Limited, the new owner of the CSA (Cobar) copper mine in New South Wales, Australia.

Previous roles held by Patrice include President, CEO and Director of Luscar Ltd., Canada’s largest thermal coal producer, prior to which she had been EVP and COO of Sherritt International, a Canadian diversified miner, energy producer and power generator. In addition, she was a Director of Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation, created to support Alberta’s initiatives on climate change and the reduction of emissions.

Key external appointments

• Chair, Metals Acquisition Limited
• Lead Independent Director, Lancium Inc.

Committee membership

• Sustainability Committee - Chair

Sachin was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in June 2024.

Skills and experience

• Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London

Sachin is a Portfolio Manager at Palliser Capital, a global multi-strategy fund and one of the largest investors in Capricorn. He will add to the Board’s oversight of the company as it advances its long-term strategic priorities to drive the most value for shareholders.

He brings to the Board more than 20 years of investment, advisory, and financial strategy experience across numerous developed and emerging markets. Prior to joining Palliser Capital, he served as Portfolio Manager at LIM Advisors and before that he was an Executive Director at Elliott Advisors for more than eight years. Sachin held various roles in the corporate finance department of UBS earlier in his career.

Key external appointments

• None

Committee membership

• Sustainability Committee