Board

Chairman

David Hobbs graduated as a Petroleum Engineer from Imperial College in 1984, initially working at British Gas as a drilling engineer before moving into commercial and business development roles at Monument Oil & Gas and Hardy Oil and Gas, two UK listed international independent E&P companies. He joined Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), now part of S&P Global, ending up as Chief Energy Strategist, advising Government officials, senior executives and Boards of Directors across the energy sector. He also spent six years as part of the leadership team establishing the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

David was an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary, a senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and is Chairman of Proton Green, a US based helium, food grade CO₂ and carbon sequestration company.

David is Chair of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Conflicts, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Committee ("the CACAB Committee").

Chief Executive Officer

A native-born Alaskan, Max Easley has over thirty years of experience as an energy executive, balanced between domestic and international experience in the upstream industry. Over the course of his career, Max has held executive roles at BP, Apache Corporation and PETRONAS. Max has considerable technical and financial leadership skills that have yielded material value growth and differentiated competitive results everywhere he has been.

Max graduated from the University of Alaska in 1991 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. Following his early days as an engineer on the North Slope of Alaska, he moved to the North Sea where he held a variety of operating and financial leadership roles. Following his subsequent time as CFO of BP Trinidad and Tobago, he returned to BP Alaska as SVP of Resource Management. Max joined Apache Corporation in 2016, became President of their Permian business in Midland Texas, and then SVP of Global Production in Houston. Max joined PETRONAS in 2022 as COO of their unconventional Montney gas business. Over the past decade, Max has become a recognized industry leader in the capital efficient appraisal, development and operations of unconventional assets in North America.

Max is a member of the Nominations Committee.

Non-Executive Director

Jeremy Brest has more than 20 years’ experience in investment banking and financial advisory. Jeremy is the founder of Framework Capital Solutions, a boutique Singapore-based advisory firm specialized in structuring and execution of private transactions. Prior to founding Framework, Jeremy was the head of structuring for Indonesia at Credit Suisse and a derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs. Jeremy is also a non-executive director of Conrad Asia Energy Ltd, an energy company focused on natural gas in the shallow waters offshore Indonesia.

Jeremy is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Finance, Audit and  Risk Committee and Nominations Committee.

Non-Executive Director

Marty is a fifth-generation Alaskan with a distinguished career in public service and natural resource management. Marty served as Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs prior to transitioning to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), where she was appointed Deputy Commissioner overseeing oil and gas, mining, water, and parks, and later led Alaska’s gas line and energy policy efforts. After a period in the private sector with Linc Energy, she returned to the DNR where she served as Deputy Commissioner and acting Commissioner multiple times until her retirement in 2016. Marty later served as a Trustee of the Alaska Permanent Fund.

Marty is a member of the Remuneration Committee, Conflicts, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Committee ("the CACAB Committee") and Nominations Committee.