just come across this weird AIM company... Woburn Energy (WBN)
interesting bunch of Directors
Arif Kemal, Non-Executive Chairman (aged 67), BSc Hons MSc
Mr. Arif Kemal has over 46 years' experience in exploration, production and management of oil and gas resources. He was awarded a B.Sc. Hons in Geology and an M.Sc. (Petroleum Geology) from the University of Karachi. Mr. Kemal completed a post-graduate training course in Petroleum Engineering at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Pétrole et des Moteurs, Institut Français du Pétrole, France. Mr. Kemal commenced work as a geologist and senior oil explorer with the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited of Pakistan in 1962 with whom he held a number of senior positions over the next 25 years being appointed the Executive Director Exploration and Production in 1988. In 1994 Mr. Kemal was appointed the General Manager and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Oilfields Ltd, becoming the Chief Executive Officer in 1997, a position he held until 2002. In 2003 Mr. Kemal became a director and advisor to the board of OPII and in 2005 became President of OPII's US associate, Osprey Petroleum Company Inc (based in Houston, Texas).
Mr. Kemal has held a number of other positions including being a member of the Board of Governors of the Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (1999 to 2002), Chairman of the Pakistan Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies Association (1999 to 2002), Chairman of the Pakistan Society of Petroleum Engineers (1992 to 1993) and Chairman of the Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists (1996 to 1997 and 2001 to 2002).
Mr. Kemal is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Houston Geological Society.
Hasan Ali Hashwani, Non-Executive Director (aged 31)
Mr. Hashwani was educated in the UK and Pakistan. In 1996 Mr. Hashwani moved to the United States and attended various executive business courses at Rice University, Houston, Texas between 1997 and 1999. In 1999 he attended the Young Managers Programme at INSEAD, France. He partially completed an undergraduate programme in Business Administration at the University of Phoenix, United States between 1999 and 2003.
In January 1998 Mr. Hashwani first became involved in the oil and gas sector and since January 1998 held various management positions within OPII and its associate company, Osprey Petroleum Company Inc. which is based in Houston, Texas, United States. OPII and Osprey Petroleum Company Inc. were then both part of the Hashoo group of companies which are ultimately wholly-owned by Mr. Hashwani's father, Sadruddin Hashwani, a leading Pakistan-based businessman who has interests in a number of businesses including oil and gas assets, real estate and hospitality (including the Marriott and Pearl Continental Hotels in Pakistan).
In November 2001 Mr. Hashwani was appointed as the President of Osprey Petroleum Company Inc. with responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operations of a number of producing oil and gas fields prior to their sale in 2004. In December 2004 Mr. Hashwani became a director and president of OPII and has been responsible since then for the development of its oil and gas interests in Pakistan. Mr. Hashwani oversees the operations of the oil and gas exploration activities of OPII and is also responsible for the conception, acquisition, and development of international hospitality and real estate projects for other Hashoo group companies.
Mr. Hashwani established Zaver Petroleum to develop a broadly based portfolio of international oil and gas exploration and production assets. In September 2008 Zaver Petroleum acquired a direct 55 per cent. interest in OPII. Mr. Hashwani is the President of Zaver Petroleum.
Rustom Bejon Kanga, Non-Executive Director (aged 54), FCA
Mr. Kanga graduated with a B.Sc. in Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He was admitted to membership of the Institute in 1982. Following qualification Mr. Kanga was engaged in public practice as a chartered accountant in London and in 1996 he relocated to Houston. Mr. Kanga has been a director of Rushlake Hotels (USA) Inc. since 1991 and is currently Vice President. Mr. Kanga has extensive experience in the oil and gas sector internationally. Since 2001 he has been a director of Osprey Petroleum Company Inc. and is currently a Senior Vice President. In addition, Mr. Kanga is on the board of a number of other private companies including OPII, Zaver Petroleum and Hashoo Group Ltd.
Kamran Ahmed, Non-Executive Director (aged 46)
Mr. Ahmed graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Management from Ithaca College, Cornell University and a Post Graduate diploma in Islamic Banking & Economics from The International Institute of Islamic Banking & Economics. In 1983 Mr. Ahmed commenced working at Dar Al Maal Al Islami, S.A, a banks and investment companies holding group based in Geneva, Switzerland operating in the field of Islamic banking and finance. In 1986 Mr. Ahmed joined Shell Pakistan (formerly Pakistan Burmah Shell) and worked in a variety of management roles in Shell's downstream oil division. In 1992 Mr. Ahmed joined Bankers Equity Limited as Vice President in the merchant banking division providing international multi-lateral institutional credit lines and financing of large industrial projects including oil terminals, refineries and drilling companies. Over the next 9 years Mr. Ahmed was involved in a number of oil and gas debt and equity financing for a large number of international oil companies. In 2002 Mr. Ahmed joined OPII as Senior Vice President Finance and Business Development. In 2005 Mr. Ahmed established OPII's London representative office and is a director of Orient Petroleum UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OPII.
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