Sanmi Famuyide
CEO
Mr. Famuyide has over 20 years of experience focused on structuring natural resources (oil, gas and mining) and infrastructure transactions in West Africa. He is the former Strategic Advisor and subsequently Head, Business Development at Lekoil Limited. He was also the Head of Oil & Gas – Marginal Fields and Upstream Independents at Guaranty Trust Bank in Lagos, where he arranged the financings of many Nigerian independents. In addition, Mr. Famuyide has held executive positions at FBN Capital and MineQore Resources.
He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and a MSc in Applied Environmental Economics from the Imperial College London.
David Halpin
Senior Financial Consultant
Mr. Halpin has over 25 years of experience in management and as a finance and accounting consultant for public and private Canadian and international resource companies.
He is the former CFO/Senior Financial Advisor for Mart Resources Inc., a TSX-listed company with oil production in Nigeria that had a peak market capitalization of over CDN $750m. He was also a Director of a TSX-V listed company focused on exploration of oil & gas opportunities in Saskatchewan and Alberta and was a Founder and CFO of a publicly listed healthcare and insurance software company.
He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from the Institute of Management Accountants and holds a B.Sc. In Business Administration from Arizona State University.
Zack Malone
VP of Operations
Mr. Malone has over 30 years of experience managing drilling operations, with the last 19 years spent working in Nigeria including 10 years as Mart Resources Inc. drilling and completions manager and the past nine years as an independent consultant working for various indigenous oil and gas and drilling services companies including operations for Decklar Resources. Mr. Malone had previous experience as a rig manager for large international drilling contractors in Canada.
Okwuriki David Ejimeh
Completion Manager
Mr. Ejimeh was the Product Sales Engineer/Well Completion with Baker Oil Tools having earlier worked as Operations/Marketing Account Manager, Operations & Technical Sales Manager and Completion Consultant. He is versed in Gravel Pack Pumping and Tools Services, Cased and Open Hole Completions, Filtration, Remedial tools, Liner Hanger Services, Hydraulics of Tools, Soft Ware applications in Pumping, Quality Assurance, Core Value Awareness, HS&E Management, Strategic Selling.
He has a Master’s in Business Management and B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan.
Janan Paskaran
Corporate Secretary
Mr. Paskaran’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on international transactions. He has extensive experience representing public and private issuers in a wide variety of financing, business combination, and M&A transactions, including both private and publicly traded issuers. Mr. Paskaran also advises on securities compliance matters, commercial transactions, and corporate finance, procedures, and governance.