Key Managers
Alex Ridout, 16.12.72 – British
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
Alex trained as a solicitor with Boodle Hatfield, a London law firm, and on qualification in 1999 joined another London firm, AIZ (formerly Llewelyn Zietman), specialising in IP and commercial contracts. In 2002, he joined Baker Hughes, a global oilfield services contractor, as head of the Middle East legal group based in Dubai where he managed all aspects of the legal and compliance functions and focused on upstream oilfield contracts. In 2006, Alex joined Dragon Oil as Legal Counsel. Alex is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Tarun Ohri, 10.09.59 - Indian
Director of Finance
Tarun Ohri was appointed as Finance Manager of Dragon Oil in March 2002 prior to being appointed as Director of Finance in 2008 and he is responsible for all the finance functions of the Group. He has over 20 years experience in oil-related industries in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates including McDermott -ETPM East Inc and the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). He is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and he has a CISA qualification.
William V. Mandolidis, 01.01.57 - Canadian
Integrated Projects and Planning Manager
Bill is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (Canada), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1980, eventually gaining 29 years of industry experience with Shell Canada, Wascana Energy, Nexen Energy and Wood Group ESP in a variety of areas including Corporate Planning, Operations, Business Development, Engineering and Construction and Reservoir Engineering. Bill joined the Group in 2007 as Petroleum Development Manager prior to being appointed as Corporate Planning Manager where he coordinates the development and management of the Group's strategy and field plan.
Jin Chiang, 06.11.56 - Malaysian
Head of Reservoir Development
Jin is a Petroleum Engineering graduate of StanfordUniversity. He began his career as a petroleum engineer with Phillips Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips) and went on to hold various senior reservoir engineering positions in the US, UK and China. During his tenure, he worked on various projects in the Cook Inlet, Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and the South China Sea. Jin joined Dragon Oil in November 2003 and as Head of Reservoir Development he is primarily responsible for overseeing Dragon Oil’s subsurface activities.
Andreas Brandt, 03.07.52 - German
Head of New Ventures
Andreas graduated from the University of Hamburg and subsequently completed a Doctorate degree in geology. He has been working in upstream oil and gas for 28 years. He began his career in 1981 with Texaco Germany (now RWE Dea) eventually becoming Senior Geological Expert for the Group. During his tenure he went on numerous foreign assignments in addition to assessing new venture opportunities in MENA, the North Sea, Europe, Russia and CIS countries. In 2007 he joined Dragon Oil as New Ventures & Business Development Coordinator to assess economic, strategic and risk aspects of new ventures and to build a team, which devotes its attention solely to seeking out investment opportunities.
Published : 16/09/2009 05:24:07