Mr. Stewart Ahmed
Chief Technical Officer
Mr Stewart Ahmed has 32 years oil industry technical, commercial and management experience, most recently as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of AIM Listed Madagascar Oil in Antananarivo from 2013-2016. Operating the Tsimiroro Field steam flood pilot, he gained the first Field Development License in Madagascar’s history.
As General Manager of Dove Energy in Sana’a, Yemen, Mr Ahmed discovered, developed and operated a number of onshore oil-fields peaking at 25,000 BOPD. Subsequently he managed the exploration license seismic and drilling work programmes as General Manager of Dove Energy in Damascus, Syria and Midas Oil and Gas in Yemen.
He performed the position of Petroleum Engineering Manager for RDS Resource, a leading Aberdeen based Subsurface Consultancy from 1997-2000. Prior to that Mr Ahmed worked for 12 years for Chevron in the UK North Sea and Gulf of Mexico as a Petroleum Engineer and Commercial Analyst.
Mr Ahmed has a BSc in Mining and Petroleum Engineering and is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Mr. Geoffrey Leid
Managing Director - Trinidad
Geoffrey Leid is a corporate consultant/adviser with a particular focus on oil and gas development projects. His extensive experience in the acquisition and funding of resource projects in Trinidad spans ten years. An attorney by profession, Mr. Leid has specialised in real estate, corporate mergers and acquisitions and he sat on numerous boards in the real estate, telecommunications and energy sectors throughout the Caribbean. Mr. Leid holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Administrative Studies from York University, Canada and obtained his LLB in the United Kingdom. As a member of Grays Inn, he was called to the Bar in England. Mr. Leid is also a member of the Certified Public Accountants in Canada.