OUR PEOPLE

Management

Wai-Lid Wong, Chief EXECUTIVE Officer
  • 17 years oil and gas experience in engineering, operations and asset management roles
  • Previously headed all development activity for a North American independent in the region with extensive experience in driving major ownership transitions and performance improvement programs
  • Prior to this, he was responsible for offshore operations and operations improvement roles at BP and BG in the North Sea, with a track record in turning around HSE and production performance within OIM and Operations Management roles
  • WLW has a PhD in chemical engineering and M.Eng from Imperial College, London
SUSAN PRIOR, Chief Financial Officer
  • 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 a Partner at both 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 and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
STEPHANE BIGARD, HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  • ​Stephane is an economist, engineer and seasoned business development executive with nearly two decades of experience and a variety of contacts in the oil & gas industry globally
  • Stephane bridges the technical, commercial and economic side, and the economics of the industry.
  • He has worked with global majors including Total and Hess across Europe, Africa, North America and Asia as process and subsea engineer, offshore project manager, and economist and financial analyst
  • Stephane holds an Engineering degree (Chemical Engineering) from Central School, Lille and a Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering and Project Development from IFP, Paris
Rob fisher, Development manager
Rob has 25 years’ industry experience in senior positions with international O&G organisations. As VP Developments for Mitra Energy, Rob oversaw field development and production optimisation activities across asset portfolios from concepts ranging from $3Bn ultra-deepwater projects in the Philippines to focussed field development studies for marginal fields in Vietnam and Indonesia. Rob’s experience in asset transitioning includes an 18-month asset transfer process with significant insight into optimising production operations and working in aligned fashion with Petronas regulatory, field development and procurement processes. He has a proven track record in delivering organisational change, developing new businesses and implementing technology developments, including several world's 1st. Rob has an MBA from University of Strathclyde and a B.Eng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering.
GRANT VEROBA, CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENTS
Grant is an innovative project development advisor, with impressive geographical and project-type breadth, garnered from over 30 years of global oil & gas project engineering and operations experience. A founding partner of S2V/Xodus Asia Pacific and one of the development leaders at Granherne, Grant has helped to grow both companies’ reputations as the most responsive, innovative, and practical conceptual engineering firms in the Asia Pacific region. Grant’s team supported much of Talisman’s growth in southeast Asia leading to his ongoing relationship with Tamarind. Grant also balances conceptual engineering with techno-economic realities and is able provide value-creating inputs into an acquisition or optimization process. Grant’s global experience covers southeast Asia, Australia, the Middle East and North America.
Neville Beston, New Zealand Country Manager
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. ​
ed Cutiongco, Philippines STAKEHOLDER MANAGER AND COMMERCIAL ADVISOR
  • 30+ years oil and gas experience in exploration and production operations
  • Technical abilities gained from regional experience at PNOC EC and in Singapore with PEARL Oil, Mubadala Petroleum and InterOil Corporation have enabled him to bridge the gap between exploration and exploitation and bring projects to fruition
  • Ed holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience from the Universiti Brunei Darussalam and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of the Philippines
aNTHONY Ferrer, Philippines country manager
​Anthony has close to 30 years' experience in the Philippines' oil and gas industry.  After obtaining his degree in geology from the University of the Philippines, he began his career in exploration in field geology and basin evaluation.  Later, he continued with project management, license administration, office management, and GIS consulting.  Anthony became the Country Manager of Nido Petroleum Philippines in 2012, and then for Galoc Production company starting in 2015.  In addition, he is currently the Vice Chairman of the Petroleum Association of the Philippines.