A seasoned team of explorers, oilfield development specialists, geoscientists, financiers with a track record spanning nearly three centuries.
Experienced Leadership Team
CURTIS COHEN
Chairman of the Board
ExxonMobil Senior Exploration Geoscientist in Esso Exploration Inc. affiliates Nigeria, Spain, Turkey, Somalia; Esso Australia, Esso Norway, Esso France, Strategic Planning, Upstream, Exxon Company Int’l, NJ.
Discovered >1 billion barrels in Usan, Ukot and Owowo fields in deepwater Nigeria blocks in OPL 222/223. Managed 3 billion bbl fields at Esso Australia, Kingfish, Turrum, and Sunfish.
Pogo Producing Co (NYSE-FCX) Chief Geophysicist, Thailand, North Sea, discovering 500million stb,ca. 500 wells, 36 platforms, FPSO, FSO. 100,000 bbls per day oil equivalent production & 200 million barrels oil equivalent cumulative production.
Exploration Manager, Argentina, Terralliance, ExxonMobil Vaca Muerta private sale.
Brittania U Nigeria, Managing Director, Lagos, Nigeria.
Alberta Oilsands, Board of Directors (TSXV-AOS).
Sahara Group, COO Upstream, Lagos, Nigeria.
Western Energy East Africa Ltd., COO, Comoros.
CEO Tytan African Resources
Faculty Fellow, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory.
Board Member & Director
PARVEZ TYAB
Co-Founder, Director & Board Member Griffiths Energy Chad.
Raised project finance, equity and debt for natural resource projects in the private and public markets.
Extensive international experience in exploration and developing assets in Asia, Africa and South America.
JEFF RATCLIFFE
Chief Financial Officer
CPA with over 14 years’ experience in private and public companies.
CFO for several Canadian energy companies with international operations including the United States and Africa.
B.A in Economics from the University of Victoria.
GLENN LOVITZ
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Geoscientist, ExxonMobil affiliates: Esso Australia, Saudi Aramco, Exxon Co USA , Exxon Exploration Co - Upstream Technology
Senior Geoscientist, Pogo Producing Company, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, China, North Sea
Senior Geoscientist, Plains Exploration (NYSE:PXP) then Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) Vietnam, New Zealand, Morocco
Chief Geoscientist, Western Energy East Africa Ltd. - Comoros Islands exploration
B.S., Geoscience, Penn State University
ADINANI T. AHAMADA
Country Director
Country Director, Western Energy Indian Ocean, Comoros.
Lake Albert Oil project Interpreter, Uganda & Republic D Congo.
Deputy Director, French Cultural Center in the Union of Comoros.
Deputy Director, French Cultural Center, Uganda and Comoros.
Country Director, Tanzanian Group Bakhresa, Burundi.
Deputy Director, Safari Petroleum Offshore, Comoros.
SIMON AKIT P.Eng., MBA
Director
Drilling, Completions, and Production engineer, Encana Corp → Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, Ventum Financial → Global Head of Energy sales, Canaccord Genuity
Member BMO Capital Markets Resource Team, New York City
Director, Stamper Oil and Gas (Namibia)
Former director for multiple Canadian listed energy corporations
B Eng, McGill University; MBA, Rotman School of Management
Professional Engineer, Alberta (APEGA)
WARREN IRWIN
Special Advisor
Mr. Irwin began his career as a bond analyst at Scotia Capital Markets, where he developed the Universe Bond Index — the Canadian bond market benchmark — and Canada's first bond index fund.
He later worked in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions at CIBC Wood Gundy, credit analysis and fixed income at Scotia Capital Markets, and proprietary trading at Deutsche Bank Canada before launching Rosseau Asset Management Ltd.
Mr. Irwin holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario (1991), a CFA designation (1990), and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo (1987).