Richard Latham
Chairman
Richard Latham was appointed Chairman during June 1999 and has been a member of the board since 1995. He holds an
MBA degree from Cranfield and has spent most of his working life in the City - initially as an Investment Manager and for
over 26 years with companies in the upstream oil and gas industry. He was formerly Deputy Chairman of Aberdeen
Petroleum Plc, Chairman and Managing Director of Claremount Oil and Gas Limited and a Non-Executive Director of
Atlantis Resources Limited, a company listed on the London and Toronto Stock Exchanges.
Derek Musgrove
Managing Director
Derek Musgrove has held the position of Managing Director since 1999. He had previously held senior managerial or board positions with RTZ Oil & Gas Limited, Candecca Resources Plc,
Plascom Plc, Anglo Scandinavian Petroleum Plc and Bass Resources Limited. He was also a consultant to a number of oil and
gas companies particularly in the areas of new projects and trading of oil and gas properties, as well as pursuing personal
interests in the natural resources sector.
Chris Foss
Finance Director
Chris Foss was appointed Finance Director of Northern Petroleum Plc in August 2005, having been the Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary since January 2003. He was also the Finance Director of PLUS quoted ATI Oil Plc until its acquisition by Northern in June 2009, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Between 1998 and his joining the Company, Chris held various finance positions with, and acted as a consultant to, energy related subsidiaries of GE Capital Corporation, Bechtel Group Inc, United Technologies Corporation and Centrica Plc.
Graham Heard
Exploration and Technical Director
Graham Heard was appointed as Exploration and Technical Director on 8 May 2007, having been the Exploration Manager of Northern for the previous four and a half years. He is a former Chairman (1991) of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain. Graham has over 30 years experience as a petroleum geologist, beginning his career with Arco and then gaining extensive international experience with independents Siebens Oil and Quintana Petroleum. He subsequently held various executive positions with Sovereign Oil & Gas Plc, Neste Production Limited and Sands Oil & Gas Plc.
Jeremy White
Non-executive Director
Jeremy White is currently a Non-Executive Director and is Chairman of the Audit and Health and Safety Committees, and
acting Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, having previously been Finance Director until August
2005. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has worked in the oil industry for
over 20 years, and immediately before joining Northern Petroleum Plc he was UK Group Tax Controller for PetroFina’s
UK operations.
Tony Brewer
Non-executive Director
Tony has over thirty five years of experience in fund management and stockbroking, both in investment analysis and institutional sales, and has specialist knowledge of the oil and gas sector. He is currently advising a number of clients in both risk analysis and portfolio management.
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