Hadi Hallouche

Global Co-Head of Oil Trading, Trafigura

In October 2019, Hadi Hallouche was appointed Co-Head of Trafigura’s Oil Trading Division. This follows his two-year tenure as Head of Oil Singapore where he was responsible for managing the company’s oil and gas trading activity across the Asia Pacific region. Hadi joined Trafigura in 2011 as an LNG Trader. Prior to joining Trafigura, Hadi spent seven years in Royal Dutch Shell. Hadi, an Algerian national, holds a PhD in Economics.

Pierre Lorinet

DIRECTOR, TRAFIGURA

Pierre joined Trafigura in 2002 and was appointed CFO in January 2007. Before joining Trafigura, he was employed by Merrill Lynch London and Banque Indosuez in the Middle East in various debt and capital market roles. Pierre left Trafigura in October 2015 but remains a director on several boards.

Baltazar Agostinho Gonçalves Miguel

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, SONANGOL EP

Baltazar joined Sonangol in 1997 and has held various senior management positions in Accounting, Finance and Human Resources for Sonangol Distribuidora SA and Sonangol Refinaria de Luanda SA. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Sonangol Luanda Refinery between 2009 and 2012 and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Sonangol Academia between 2014 and 2017. In November 2017, he was appointed to the Executive Board of Sonangol EP. Baltazar holds a BSc in Business Economics from the University of Salford and an MA in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Sheffield/Sheffield Management School.

Filomena Maria Gamboa Carvalho dos Santos e Oliveira

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, SONANGOL HIDROCARBONETOS INTERNACIONAL

Filomena began her career with Sonangol in 1982. Between 2012 to 2015, she served as a member of the Executive Committee of Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, which operates exploration and production assets in Angola. Since 2015, Filomena has been a member of the Executive Committee of Sonangol Hidrocarbonetos Internacional, the company responsible for the management of international exploration and production assets. Prior to Sonangol, she was Head of Reservoirs Department for the National Concessionaire. Filomena holds a Mining/Petroleum Engineering degree from Agostinho Neto University, Angola.

René Médori

NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, PUMA ENERGY

René joined the Puma Energy Board as non-Executive Chairman on 3 March 2020. René holds dual French and British nationality. He brings significant experience to the Board from his executive roles in the energy and natural resources sectors. He also has invaluable direct experience of international best practice in corporate governance and operating responsibly in emerging markets to the company. René was previously Chief Financial Officer of Anglo American, and Group Finance Director of The BOC Group. He currently holds Non-Executive Directorships at Newmont and Vinci and he is also Chairman of Petrofac.

Graham Sharp

NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, PUMA ENERGY

Graham joined the Puma Energy Board on 27 May 2012 as its independent Non-Executive Chairman, handing over to Réne Médori on 3 March 2020. Graham spent his early career advising multinational clients such as Shell. Following a period trading clean petroleum products worldwide, Graham was a co-founding Board member of Trafigura. Upon his retirement in 2007, Graham continued to advise Oliver Wyman Associates and Galena Asset Management, among others. He holds a first-class honours degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University.

Michael Wainwright

DIRECTOR, TRAFIGURA

Michael was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Trafigura Management Board member in January 2008. His principal focus is the management of the middle and back office support teams for the trading division, direct responsibility for the Group’s P&L and responsibility for the Finance function at Board level. Mike joined Trafigura in 1996. He has held various roles within the Group, covering accounting, deals desk and middle office IT development. Mike holds a BSc in Mathematics and Actuarial Studies from Southampton University.

Deborah Binks-Moore

HEAD OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, BRAND AND MARKETING

With five years in the technology sector, Deborah has experience heading marketing and communications for leading eCommerce conglomerates. Deborah started her career as a research scientist at Royal Dutch Shell, going on to become Global Head of Communications for the company’s retail, technology and communications divisions. She has also worked in various commercial and technical roles in other sectors. Deborah holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Dundee.

Andrew Kemp

INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Andrew has over 20 years of experience working in crucial senior finance roles in telecommunications, in addition to experience in the logistics, travel and property sectors. Most recently he was Regional CFO for VEON’s operating companies in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Algeria. Prior to that Andrew was CFO of Jazz in Pakistan for three years where he played an instrumental role in the merger with Warid Telecom and the broader turnaround of Jazz’s operations. Before joining the VEON Group, Andrew held a number of senior positions, including CFO of Etisalat Nigeria, Managing Director of Morgan Franklin and Group Controller at BT plc.

Eghosa Oriaikhi Mabhena

HEAD OF GLOBAL LUBRICANTS AVIATION & DOWNSTREAM EAST REGION

Eghosa has 17 years of expertise in the energy sector in corporate and commercial strategy, business development, operational and financial leadership, operations management, contract management, engineering and technology and supply chain and manufacturing. Previously, she was an Executive Director at Baker Hughes, where she led business units across five continents. She also spent nine years at Schlumberger. Her passion is helping to shape diverse work cultures which enable women to thrive in senior positions within organisations. Eghosa holds a Global Executive MBA from IESE Business School in Spain and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University College London, UK.

Alan McGown

CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

Alan joined Puma Energy as Chief Transformation Officer in 2019. He is leading the work to develop and implement the strategy to create value from Puma Energy’s existing businesses and to position the Company for future sustainable growth. Alan was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Nayara Energy in India (formerly Essar Oil). Prior to Nayara, Alan was the director of retail strategy for the downstream retail business at Rosneft in Russia and before that he had a long career at BP. Among his many roles at BP, Alan was VP of business development and marketing for BP retail in China, global fuels strategy manager and general manager of retail in Poland.

Jonathan Pegler

HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GLOBAL BITUMEN AND FUTURE ENERGIES

Before joining Puma Energy in 2015, Jonathan was global co-head of crude trading and head of oil Asia for Trafigura, based in Singapore. Prior to Trafigura, he worked for four years at Amerada Hess and nine years at BP, managing trading portfolios for products and risk management of their European Downstream system. Jonathan graduated from City University in London with a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering.

Michael Schulz

CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER

Michael Schulz joined Puma Energy in April 2020 as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to Puma Energy, Michael has held various positions at Lafarge SA Building Materials/Cement Industry as Legal Counsel, Germany; Human Resources Director, UK; Vice President – Organisation Effectiveness, Paris; Vice President Human Resources Middle East and North Africa, Cairo. Michael has most recently lead the HR function for Petrofac’s global Oil & Gas EPC and Engineering Services Business lines as Senior Vice President Human Resources based in Dubai. He has also provided independent Business Advisory Services in strategic Human Capital solutions for clients in the Retail and Power sector. Michael holds an MSc in Law from University Bayreuth, Germany and is an alumni in Executive Education from INSEAD and London Business School.

Rodrigo Zavala

HEAD OF WEST (DOWNSTREAM)

Rodrigo joined Puma Energy in 2011 to lead the merger of Exxon’s Centam storage facilities into the business, then became Puma’s General Manager in Paraguay and was appointed COO for the Americas in 2014. He started in a finance role at Shell before spending 11 years at Petrobras in M&A, refinery logistics planning and marketing in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Rodrigo holds an Economics degree from Universidad de Belgrano and an MBA from Universidad del CEMA in Argentina.