Mr. Ajay Kalsi, Founder and CEO (aged 47)

Mr. Kalsi is a successful businessman from India who has established and built a portfolio of companies in a range of business sectors including oil and gas, footwear premium brands (Barker & Barker Black),  commodity trading, real estate and business process outsourcing. He has international business experience and over seven years of oil and gas industry experience with various oil and gas assets in India (both onshore and offshore), including acting as the operator on these blocks. He holds a M. Phil in Economics from Cambridge University and a B.Sc (Economics) from the London School of Economics.

Mr. John Scott, CFO (aged 49)

Mr. Scott entered the oil industry in 1980 with the British National Oil Corporation and worked in a variety of technical and commercial roles. Following an MBA at London Business School, he joined the energy group of Citibank and subsequently gained corporate finance experience at ABN Amro and Standard Bank. Mr. Scott returned to the industry with Halliburton in a senior financial role and has been finance director of the Toronto Stock Venture Exchange listed Exile Resources Inc.

Mr. Marc Holtzman, Independent Non-Executive Chairman (aged 48)

Mr. Holtzman has recently been appointed as Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital in London. He has over two decades of International business, financial, political and public service experience across America, Russia and Eastern Europe, in various capacities, including being co-founder of MeesPierson EurAmerica (later acquired by ABN Amro) and Vice-Chairman of ABN Amro in London, senior adviser to Salomon Brothers, several partnerships in Kazakhstan financial sectors, president of the University of Denver, Secretary of Technology of Colorado State and senior positions in various committees and non-profit organizations. He holds a BA in economics from Lehigh University.

Mr. John Behar, Independent Non Executive Director (aged 38)

Mr. Behar has over 14 years’ financial services and investment banking experience, most recently involved in listings on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Indian mid-market companies, as well as private equity transactions across a range of countries and deal sizes. He is the founder and MD of Prospect Capital, a London based corporate finance advisory firm and is the Chief Executive of PL Capital, an international investment banking joint venture with Prabhudas Lilladher, one of India’s oldest institutional brokerages and has also acted as a consultant to ICICI Bank UK, part of the major Indian banking and private equity group. Mr. Behar holds a finance MBA from Cass Business School.