Brian O'Cathain

Brian is a geologist and petroleum engineer with over 30 years' experience in senior technical and commercial roles in upstream oil and gas E&P companies, including Shell International, Enterprise Oil and Tullow Oil plc. He has experience in working in West Africa, North Africa, onshore Europe, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, South Asia and offshore Ireland. He was the Managing Director of Tullow Oil's International Business during the Energy Africa acquisition, and served as Chief Executive of Afren from 2005 to 2007. He was also the Chief Executive of Petroceltic International from 2007 to 2016. During this period Petroceltic discovered the Ain Tsila gas condensate field in Algeria and concluded a nil-premium merger with Melrose Energy. Brian holds a first-class honours degree in Geology from the University of Bristol.