Huw Jenkins is the Chair of the Board. He is also the vice-chairman of the board of directors of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (“BTG Pactual”) and BTG Pactual Participations. He is also a managing partner of BTG Pactual. With over 35 years of investment banking experience, and roles at companies including UBS AG, BZW, Hill Samuel and HSBC, Mr. Jenkins brings a wealth of experience to his leadership. Following a successful career spanning 12 years at UBS AG, which saw him become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UBS Investment Bank, Mr. Jenkins left UBS AG in 2008 and joined BTG Pactual. Mr. Jenkins is also Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners (ECTP), formerly known as BTG Pactual Commodities, which was spun out of BTG Pactual in 2016. Mr. Jenkins has a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Liverpool, which was followed by an MBA from London Business School.

Mr. Ebsary was the Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited from 2010 until 2016. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Addax Petroleum Corporation, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, for eleven years between 1998 and 2009. These two companies had operations throughout Africa and Kurdistan. He previously held various positions in project finance and treasury with oil companies Elf Aquitaine and Occidental Petroleum, both in France and the United Kingdom. He began his working life in multinational banking institutions in Canada and the United Kingdom, after graduating with an MBA from Queen’s University in Canada.

Ms. Sandercock was the Co-Head of Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Energy Advisory Investment Banking practice of BMO Capital Markets, a leading provider of investment banking services in the resource sectors (energy, mining and energy transition).  She has advised on over USD 70 billion of transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, strategic alternatives, farm-ins, royalties, equity raises, joint ventures, defense preparedness and hostile defense for public and private companies of all sizes, NOCs, and private equity investors.  Ms. Sandercock’s prior experience includes another large Canadian multi-national bank, independent reserve and resource assessments with two recognized independent qualified reserves evaluators firms, and technical roles in drilling & completions, reservoir, production, development and gas storage engineering as well as field operations for an oil & gas exploration and production company. Ms. Sandercock attended the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada, earning a B.Sc. in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.  She is a professional engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada.

Edwyn Neves is a managing director partner at BTG Pactual where he is responsible for the Capital Solutions Group, in addition to managing proprietary equity investments in Estapar, a publicly listed company in Brazil and the largest parking company of Latin America. Mr. Neves is the Chairman of Estapar (parking company) and a board member of Via Appia (highways operator). Over the last 16 years at BTG Pactual, Mr. Neves has led investments of more than US$6 billion in over 100 transactions across several different sectors and instrument types (common and preferred equity and senior/junior/mezzanine debt). Mr. Neves holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Ms. Wood is a legal professional with over 25 years’ experience and a specialist in M&A and the energy sector. She is General Counsel & Company Secretary at Storegga Limited, a private developer of carbon capture, storage and hydrogen projects. She is a former partner of Vinson & Elkins LLP (2011-2015) and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (2015-2018) where she was also Head of Oil and Gas for Europe and the Middle East. Throughout her career, she has advised a wide range of companies in the sector, from small independents through to super-majors. She is included in Who’s Who Legal Energy 2023. Ms. Wood is currently a Non-Executive Director of Energean plc where she is Chair of the Remuneration & Talent Committee.

Ahonsi Unuigbe is the founder, chief executive officer and a director of Petralon Energy, a private African oil and gas company committed to indigenous ownership and sustainability. Mr. Unuigbe has over 20 years experience in oil & gas project finance and sectors spanning energy, petrochemicals & power. He worked for 11 years in investment banking and project finance starting at Citigroup in London, where he rose to the position of Manager, Project and Corporate Finance. He went on to provide oversight for the execution of various project / structured finance and advisory mandates at Standard Bank, where he served as Director & Head of the Project & Structured Finance Group. He also had a stint in the public sector (on secondment from Standard Bank), as Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance and later as Honourable Commissioner for the Ministry of Budget, Planning and Development in Edo State, where he played a pivotal role in securing budget support for the State from the World Bank. He was a founding Executive of First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN), where he served as Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director, a role in which he led the company’s financing of its acquisition of OML 26 from the Shell JV for US$147.5 million. He is a recipient of the 2009 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship Award for Emerging Young African Leaders. Mr. Unuigbe holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sussex United Kingdom and a master’s degree in International Securities and Investment Banking from the ISMA Centre, University of Reading United Kingdom. He is the Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and also on the supervisory board of Prime in the Netherlands.

Dr. Richard Norris is an experienced energy executive, board director and policy advisor with more than 30 years of international experience across upstream operations, energy finance, corporate leadership and public policy. He began his career as a petroleum engineer with Elf Aquitaine/Total, working on upstream assets across Africa and other emerging markets. He was technical director of the European oil and gas structured finance business at BNP Paribas, advising energy companies and investors on complex financing and strategic transactions. Dr. Norris has held senior executive and board roles across the energy sector, including President and CEO of TSX-listed Candax Energy, Non-Executive Director of Eland Oil & Gas (UK), Chairman of Duna Energia (Brazil), and Non-Executive Director of Maha Capital (Sweden). He was also a Partner at Helios Investment Partners, where he co-managed energy investments across Africa, and currently advises companies and investors through Pandreco Energy Advisors. In addition to his corporate roles, Dr. Norris is a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, where he contributes to research and policy discussions on energy security, economics and geopolitics. He holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering, an MSc in Petroleum Geology and a BSc in Geology from Imperial College London.

Mr. Nicodeme has over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and banking. He began his career as a field geophysicist for TotalEnergies. Mr. Nicodeme joined Perenco in 2002, where he ran the group cost and management control and subsequently became group finance manager, then deputy general manager of the United Kingdom branch. Mr. Nicodeme then joined the banking industry and held management positions in the Reserve Based Lending and Project Finance and Advisory teams of several banking institutions, including Natixis, Credit Agricole CIB and Standard Chartered Bank. Mr. Nicodeme joined NewAge in 2015 and was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in 2019. Mr. Nicodeme served as the Chief Financial Officer of Africa Oil from 2019 to 2025. Mr. Nicodeme holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique, a MSc from the French Institute of Petroleum and an MBA from INSEAD.