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Board

Marco D’Attanasio

Non-Executive Director

Dipo Sofola

Non-Executive Director

Thomas Richardson

Chairman

Mr Richardson has over 25 years of experience across banking and oil & gas. Mr Richardson is currently Chairman of two listed Companies, Fenikso and Coro Asia. Prior to investing in Fenikso Mr Richardson served as CEO of two private Companies in the Natural resources and infrastructure sector. Prior to this Mr Richardson was CFO of Nostrum Oil & Gas Plc, a UK premium listed company. Prior to joining Nostrum, Mr Richardson worked for ING, JP Morgan and NM Rothschild, covering investment banking, capital markets and credit derivatives.
Mr Richardson has a BSc in Economics & Politics from the University of Bristol.

Marco D’Attanasio

Non-Executive Director

Mr D’Attanasio is a senior banker and investment manager with over 23 years of experience in banking, finance, technology and oil & gas. He is the Founder and Portfolio Manager for Hadron Capital LLP and Hadron Capital (Cayman) Limited, each company managing numerous Alternative Investment Funds and being FCA and CIMA regulated, respectively. With Hadron Capital LLP he is the winner of multiple performance-based awards. He is the co-founder of Cricklo Ltd, an online community of professionals active in transforming their enterprises into sustainable businesses and a NED with Argo Blockchain plc. Mr D’Attanasio has a degree in physics (“Laurea”) from Pisa University and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Parma University.

Dipo Sofola

Non-Executive Director

Mr Dipo Sofola is a senior oil & gas executive with over a decade of energy experience, focused on energy commercialization and business development in the Nigerian oil & gas sector. Mr Sofola is a Business Development Manager for Savannah Energy, where he leads on significant strategic projects, in line with Savannah Energy’s objective of delivering impactful and transformative energy projects on the African continent. Previously, Mr. Sofola was a Senior Commercial Advisor at Seven Energy (now Savannah Energy), leading on commercial transactions. He has also previously worked as a Business Development analyst with multinational telecommunications group, Etisalat in Nigeria. Mr Sofola holds a BA (Hons) in Business Finance from University of Durham and an MSc in Project and Enterprise Management from University College London. Mr Sofola is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.