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 (CFA)
• 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 25 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 concession agreement with EGPC in Egypt. Ultimately the negotiations led to the merger between TransGlobe and VAALCO Energy in October 2022.

Randy obtained designations as a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA) 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 more than 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 six years with TNK-BP in Russia, serving first as Vice-President, Exploration and then EVP Technology. After that, he worked in Canada as Vice-President, Exploration of Talisman Energy for five years, before returning to BP as Head of Exploration in 2013.

Key external appointments

• CEO, Angus Energy PLC

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

 Tom has more than 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 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, SIG-i 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 has significant experience across the energy, resources and commodity sectors. She served for nine years as an independent Non-Executive Director of Glencore plc and is also the Non-Executive Chair of Metals Acquisition Limited. In 2022 she joined the board of Lancium Inc., a leading energy technology and infrastructure private company dedicated to accelerating the energy transition.

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

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

Committee membership

• Sustainability Committee - Chair
• Nomination and Governance Committee

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 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 Advisers and before that as an Executive Director at Elliot Advisers for over 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