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Strengthened Board and Team
Deep experience and expertise across Africa
Appointed June 2023
Paul McDade
Chief Executive Officer
lan Cloke
Chief Operating Officer
Joined 2021
Joined 2021
TULLOW
TULLOW
LAGMO
KUFPEC
ERCE
ConocoPhillips
Paul's 35 years within the international Oil
& Gas business has provided him with a
rich and diverse set of relevant
experiences. From his early international
experience in challenging operational,
social, security and safety environments,
to his 19 years as COO and then CEO of
Tullow Oil, he has essential first-hand
experience of what is required to build a
successful African-focused, responsible oil
& gas company. His strong focus on
delivering stakeholder value, shared
prosperity, environmental performance
and strong governance, coupled with his
understanding of the role that Oil & Gas
has to play in both the global and African
energy transitions, makes him the ideal
leader to deliver Afentra's ambitious
growth strategy, a company that will have
stakeholder objectives and ESG
embedded at its core.
LALMO
ExxonMobil
ConocoPhillips
lan has over 25 years experience of
working in international Oil & Gas with
proven track record of delivering
operational, technical and commercial
results. His focus and background of
deploying innovative technologies across
global upstream has delivered significant
value for all stakeholders. As EVP at Tullow
Oil, he led multi-cultural and diverse teams
delivering operations safely and at pace.
across Africa and South America, from
remote onshore to ultra deepwater,
effectively managing risk and social-
environmental sensitivities whilst
embedding strong financial discipline. He
has first-hand experience in making a
difference in countries having discovered
and delivered commercial oil & gas in
Uganda, Kenya and Guyana. Having lived
and travelled throughout Africa, he has
enjoyed the full spectrum of life and
business on the continent, making him an
ideal founding partner and COO of Afentra.
Anastasia Deulina
Chief Financial Officer
Joined 2021
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Goldman
Sachs
Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey MacDonald
Chairman
Joined 2021
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ConocoPhillips
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Anastasia's multicultural upbringing and
over 20 years of working in the energy.
sector within global, tier-1 investment
banks, private equity and corporates has
given her extensive experience in strategy
development, deal origination, structuring
and execution, M&A and business.
transformation. Her primary focus is
always on driving sustainable business.
growth that has a visible positive impact
on the bottom-line. This, along with her
significant prior board experience, both as
a NED and committee member, and her
strong global business development and
financial network means that Anastasia
provides expert leadership as Afentra's
CFO.
CALEDONIA
OIL & GAS
HIGHLAND
ENERGY LTD.
Jeffrey MacDonald was a former
managing director with private equity firm,
First Reserve, with responsibility for
investment origination, structuring,
execution, monitoring and exit strategy,
with particular emphasis on the oil & gas
sector. Before joining First Reserve, he
was a founder and CEO of Caledonia Oil &
Gas Ltd., a U.K.-based exploration and
production (E&P) firm, and a founding
member and managing director. of
Highland Energy Ltd. Most recently he held
the position of Interim CEO and, prior to
that, Non-Executive Director of Kris Energy
Wider Afentra Team
Highly experienced
individuals across technical,
commercial, legal and
finance disciplines
Gavin Wilson
Non-Executive Director
Joined 2021
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CAPITAL
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Gavin Wilson has held the position of
Investment Director at Meridian Capital
Limited, a Hong Kong based international
investment firm, for over a decade,
managing an Oil & Gas portfolio focused
on world-class assets in emerging
markets. Mr Wilson founded and
managed, for over seven years, two
successful investment funds - RAB Energy
and RAB Octane. Previously he was
Managing Partner of Canaccord Capital
London's Oil & Gas division, responsible
for
Sales
and
Corporate
Brokering/Finance.
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Thierry Tanoh
Non-Executive Director
Joined 2023
Paésidence de
de Cote d'ivoire
IFC
Ecobank
The Pas Abian Book
MAIA CAPITAL PARTNERS
Thierry Tanoh is an experienced senior
director with global experience, a strong
track record in both public and private
sectors and has held senior positions
within African Government ministries.
Relevant experience includes various roles
within International Finance Corporation
(IFC) as Vice President within the Senior
Executive Team and a member of IFC's
credit committee based in Washington,
and Director of Sub-Saharan Africa based
in Johannesburg. Following 12 years with
IFC, Mr Tanoh was appointed as CEO of
Ecobank Group, a pan-African banking
conglomerate with banking operations in
33 African countries. Following his
departure in 2014, Mr Tanoh was
appointed a member of the office of the
President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire,
serving initially as Minister, Deputy Chief of
Staff before being appointed as Minister
for Oil, Energy and Renewable Energies.
between 2017-18.
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