LEADERSHIP TEAM

CEO

Steve has over 25 years of experience in upstream oil & gas. He started his career in operations with Schlumberger before joining Shell as an explorer working in a variety of international basins and jurisdictions, including Australia, Africa and Europe. Joining Nexen in 2006, Steve became Business Development Manager for Europe, expanding the company’s footprint into Norway and Poland while helping the company become the UK's largest oil producer. After the CNOOC takeover of Nexen, Steve became Vice President for Business Development, Commercial and Technical for Europe & Africa. Steve left CNOOC to found Tailwind in 2016.

COO

Dave has over 25 years of upstream E&P experience, including extensive knowledge of the North Sea. He has worked for Shell, Woodside and BG Group; based in Holland, Australia and the UK. During his career, Dave has worked primarily in technical roles focussed on production and development assets. Prior to joining Tailwind, his most recent role was Upstream Technical Director at BG Group, covering their global portfolio. Dave started his career as a reservoir engineer before advancing to management.

CFO

Jacques has 15 years of experience in international energy investing and financing on behalf of banks and private funds based in New York. He has worked on investments for various oil and gas ventures, and participated in the privatisations and IPO of national oil companies. Jacques has extensive offshore oil and gas experience gained from projects in the United States and Europe.

General Counsel

Tom brings 20 years of transactional and energy sector experience to Tailwind. He is a former Senior Partner at Baker & McKenzie specialising in M&A and capital markets. He has also been involved in the energy sector for over 15 years, initially as co-founder of a renewable energy company in Central Europe, and subsequently as founder and Managing Director of North Sea Ventures Ltd, focussed on acquisition of oil & gas assets in the UKCS.