Scirocco Energy

Mr. Maling

Managing Director

Daniel (“Dan”) Maling has over 15 years of senior commercial management experience primarily in the oil and gas and resources sectors. Dan has worked with several AIM, ASX and TSX listed companies providing corporate finance, business development and corporate governance advice. He is currently director of a number of private companies and is Managing Director of boutique investment bank East Star Capital (UK) Limited. Dan is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.

Mr Fitzpatrick

Non-Executive Director

Mr Fitzpatrick is a qualified corporate lawyer, petroleum economist, investment banker and energy sector adviser. He began his career in 1994 as a research associate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. Recruited to Arthur Andersen, Jon continued to expand his sector expertise and in 2000 he joined Brewin Dolphin Investment Bank. From 2008 to 2014 he held senior posts at Cenkos Securities plc before moving to Macquarie Capital where he was Senior Managing Director and Head of Natural Resources for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 2016, Jon founded Gneiss Energy, an advisory practice operating exclusively within the energy and resources sectors.

Mr Ferguson

Non - Executive Chairman

Mr Ferguson is a Chartered Engineer and holds an BSc. (Hons.) in Mining Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and an MBA from the University of Warwick. He is a member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, who started his career in 1978 and as drilling and petroleum engineer with BP and took up the role of Operations Manager at Wytch Farm in 1987. From there, he progressed to hold a wide variety of senior operational and business roles globally during the 1990s, before, in 2000, being appointed Chief Executive of BP's PetroChina joint venture, negotiating the JV framework agreement, gas marketing initiative and leading the integrated team which worked on the evaluation and negotiation of the West-East Pipeline project. Following roles as business unit leader in China, Middle East, East Mediterranean and India, Alastair moved to Moscow at the time of the TNK BP merger in 2003, progressing to Executive Vice President for Gas and Power. He was responsible for leadership and development of TNK BP's gas and power business in Russia and Ukraine; strategy and planning, trading, major new gas projects and associated gas business.