Annual Report 2010 - Ophir Energy

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Ophir energy plc | 2010 ANNUAL REPORT
BOARd Of diRECTORs ANd sENiOR mANAgEmENT
Business Review
Board of Directors and Senior Management
BUsiness review |
Deepsea Stavanger on location offshore Tanzania
Directors
The names of the Directors of the Company during the
financial year and since the end of the financial year are:
non executive chairman
nicholas smith - Chairman (appointed Director
10 October 2007, Chairman 4 September 2009)
Mr Smith trained as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst
& Young. He joined the Jardine Fleming Group in 1986,
serving from 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and as a
member of the Executive Committee. Mr Smith became a
director of Robert Fleming International Ltd in 1998 and the
Director of Origination - Investment Banking serving until
2000. Mr Smith currently serves as a non executive director
for Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd, PLUS Markets Group plc,
Sorbic International Ltd., Japan Opportunities Fund II Limited
and Schroder Asia-Pacific Fund plc. Mr Smith served as
Chairman of the Audit and Nominations Committees until
his appointment as Chairman on 4 September 2009.
Mr Smith is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and
Nominations Committees.
executive Directors
Alan stein Bsc (hons), phD - Managing Director
(appointed 18 February 2004)
Dr Stein began his career in the UK as a geologist with
oil consultants Dolan & Associates where he worked on
projects in Europe, Australia and the Far East. In 1992, he
established Dolan & Associates’ first international office in
Australia and in 1994 was one of the founding partners of
the IKODA consultancy group which had offices in London
and Perth. In 1996 he was one of the founding directors of
FIL Resources Limited which acquired interests in offshore
Mauritania. These interests were sold to Fusion Oil & Gas plc
(“Fusion”) and Dr Stein was appointed managing director
of Fusion in 1998. Dr Stein resigned from Fusion following
its sale in December 2003 and in early 2004 was one of
the founding directors of Ophir. Dr Stein is non executive
chairman of Neon Energy Limited, an ASX-listed petroleum
exploration and production company headquartered
in Perth.