Management
The Tamarind Management Team is comprised of world-class oil and gas professionals with more than 250 years of South East Asian operating experience:
- HSE and technical integrity, stakeholder and community relations
- Operations and production enhancement
- Subsurface - geology/geophysics, reservoir & petroleum engineering
- Development & facilities engineering, operations engineering including field decommissioning
- Drilling and well integrity engineering including decommissioning
- Commercial and marketing
R. Ian ANgell, Managing Director
|
Ian has 25 years of experience in resources and oil and gas. He has been based in Southeast Asia since 2000. Prior to co-founding Tamarind Energy, Ian played a significant part in the successful establishment of Talisman Energy's Malaysian and Asian business. Ian's regional knowledge and network base was founded on his experience as the Vice-President at Wood Mackenzie and in energy management consulting at Schlumberger and Arthur D Little before joining Talisman. Ian holds an MBA from National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Saskatchewan.
|
Michael Arnett, Executive Director
|
Michael is a former Partner and Member of the Board of the Natural Resources Business Unit of the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright (formerly Deacons). He has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of capital raising, corporate, commercial, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions and securities - predominantly in the mining, oil and gas sector. He is a director of a number of public and private companies including NRW Holdings Ltd and Queensland Energy Resources Limited. Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (Bcom/LLB) degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
|
Jim Tarlton, Technical Director
|
Jim has 32 years of oil and gas experience, including 13 years in South East Asia. Most recently he was Vice President, Operations for Talisman Energy in Malaysia. At Talisman Jim has also been acting Country Manager in Malaysia and has been a leader in operations management in Norway, Indonesia, Canada and the UK North Sea. Jim is also a founder and director of HMS Well Experts, a technical partner of Tamarind. Jim holds a BA Science (Honours) in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University, Canada.
|
Wai-Lid Wong, Director, Operations
|
Prior to his role at Tamarind, Wai-Lid was the head of development for a North American independent in the region. He has extensive experience in driving major ownership transitions and performance improvement programs. He's been involved with leading a major integration and transition planning process with PETRONAS and was driving development and field optimization on a major oil, gas and condensate field producing 80 Mboe/d. Wai-Lid also has experience being responsible for offshore operations, and operations improvement roles at BP and BG in the North Sea. He spent a period of time in performance delivery with Schlumberger’s strategic advisory arm where he assisted a number of Asian NOCs, building strong relationships across the region. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering and M.Sc from Imperial College, London.
|
SUSAN Prior, Chief Financial Officer
|
Susan has more than 20 years experience in financial and executive roles in oil & gas and a number of other sectors. Most recently Susan was CFO of an AIM listed, North African focused E&P company. Prior to that she was at PwC and EY in London, New York and Australia, primarily focused on working with clients on cross-border transactions including carve-out transactions, acquisitions and raising finance. Susan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Australian Securities Institute (now FINSIA) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
|
BARRY DAWE, DIRECTOR, SUBSURFACE AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
|
Barry has 38 years of reservoir engineering and industry experience across exploration, development, new ventures, production operations and commercial functions. This includes opportunities in conventional and unconventional onshore and offshore reservoirs in Southeast Asia (21 years), the North Sea and North and South America. Barry holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
|
JASON PEACOCK, DIRECTOR AND COUNTRY MANAGER, NEW ZEALAND
|
Jason has 18 years of oil and gas experience across production operations, reservoir engineering and petroleum development. He has extensive leadership and management experience with both onshore and offshore exploration and development projects with Chevron in the North Sea, Shell in Asia and more recently with AWE in NZ. Jason assumed the role of Asset Manager for the Tui Field in 2009 and in 2015 was promoted to the role of General Manager NZ for AWE. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Canterbury, NZ and a Master of Science (Honours) in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.
|
NEVILLE BESTON, DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS
|
Neville has more than 35 years’ experience within the energy business, principally for Royal Dutch Shell (29 years) on various international assignments. At Shell, Neville was the Regional Commercial Manager Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Neville possesses a unique blend of technical and commercial skills as well as experience in human resources and has been involved in managing technical, operational and commercial performance of international energy projects, including Joint Venture governance/management, strategy and new business development.
|
BARBARA ANGELL, DIRECTOR
Barbara has 29 years of experience in education, entrepreneurial activities and, more recently, as an innovator in the not-for-profit sector creating new support networks for expatriate women, families and refugees. This includes roles with unique centres in Cambodia and the Philippines. Barb has a BA from the University of Saskatchewan.