PHILIP EDWARD MAXWELL Director, and Chief Executive Officer
Philip Maxwell joined Dove in 2008, and he leads the Group, and its subsidiary companies. He is responsible to the Board for achieving the Group’s Business Plan objectives.
Prior to joining Dove Energy, Mr Maxwell has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 34 years in a variety of roles, ranging from upstream new ventures, to managing oil & gas production companies. He has worked on projects in many of the world’s basins from offices in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Oman, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Dubai. He spent the first 20 years of his career with BP, and has also worked with Pennzoil , Ramco, Amerada Hess, and Dubai Petroleum.
Mr. Maxwell holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Physics from Southampton University, UK.
DAVID MONTGOMERY Chief Operating Officer
David Montgomery is a Director of the Group. He is 57 years of age.
David has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in Petroleum Engineering and Joint Venture Commercial Management , spanning the North Sea, Thailand, Nigeria, Syria, Brazil and Yemen, mostly with Unocal and laterly with Dove Energy. He also has extensive commercial expertise in oil export terminal operations, and was mandated by the Sullom Voe Terminal owners to negotiate the terms of various delivery, storage and export agreements.
David is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and he is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Geology from Nottinghan University and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London.
JAMES GORDON HUME (MBA; ACIB) Chief Financial Officer
James is Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all financial aspects of Dove Energy’s business, with particular emphasis on relationships with joint venture partners and other investors. He is also Chairman of Dubai Professional Trading Group DMCC, a joint proprietary trading venture with the Government of Dubai;
Moving to Dubai in 2002, he was responsible for all aspects of business development strategy and implementation, including corporate communications, marketing and sales for the new Dubai International Financial Centre. James also served as Senior Executive Officer of the DIFC Branch of Jersey based Volaw Trust & Corporate Services Limited; established IDS International Limited; a specialist investment fund administration company and established Omega Marketing Consultants, a financial consultancy.
His career includes 16 years at the Bank of America, in a number of international positions including Global Treasurer - The Private Bank; San Francisco and London; Director of Sales - BankAmerica International, New York; CEO – BankAmerica Trust and Banking Corporation, Cayman Islands; CFO - World Banking Group, Asia Division, based in Tokyo and Head of Liability Product Development, based in San Francisco. Previously he held a variety of trading roles with King & Shaxson, Amex Bank and American Express.
KAMAL ATAYA Chief Business Development Consultant
Kamal Ataya is Business Development Consultant. He is 66 years of age.
Kamal is a commercial & business development manager with and has made many useful industry contacts around the Middle East & North Africa in his 40 year career. He spent 20 years with Crescent Petroleum initially in Contracts & Procurement, followed by more recent experience negotiating access to oil & gas production projects in Yemen Egypt, Syria and Tanzania as an independent consultant
He has a Bsc. in Business Administration from the American University Of Beirut, Lebanon, and a second Bsc in Business from the University of Beverly Hills, California, USA.
ROWLAND BROWNE Accounting Manager
Rowland Browne is Accounting Manager, and also Company Secretary. He is 49 years of age.
Rowland qualified as an Accountant with Shaw & Co Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom, and is qualified Chartered Secretary. He served with Hess, Energy Africa and Anglo American Corporation, in a 25 year career spanning the United Kingdom, North & South Africa.
He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants (FCCA), and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS), and has a Certificate in International Financial Reporting (IFRS).
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