Chief Executive
Keith has over 20 years experience in the oil and gas and other energy industries including recent appointments as Finance Director, British Energy plc; Chief Financial Officer, Hurricane Hydrocarbons (later Petrokazakhstan) and Managing Director, Europe and North Africa for LASMO plc.
He has an MA in Economics from Edinburgh University, an MSc in Finance from London Business School and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
He is a Non Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of OHM plc.
Stephen Jewell
Chief Operating Officer
A Petroleum Engineer and a UK Chartered Engineer. Previously Global Head of Drilling and Well Technology for Amerada Hess Corporation, responsible for all types of onshore and offshore drilling operations worldwide, including onshore USA, Thailand and Algeria. Technical Manager for all Amerada Hess' UK-operated production interests and Reservoir Development Manager for the same company's new field developments in the UK. Final position with Amerada Hess was as Asset Manager for the Scott/Telford and Ivanhoe/Rob Roy fields in the North Sea and Acting General Manager of the company's Aberdeen Operations office. In this role he was directly accountable for Safety Case Compliance, Workforce Health and Safety and was the most senior Operations Manager in the UK.
Kevan Fearnley
Non Executive Chairman
Following training as a mechanical engineer with the National Coal Board, he went on to gain 24 years experience in the international oil service sector. From 1987 to 1996 served as an Executive Director on the Board of Expro International Group plc, participating in the company's MBO in 1993 and subsequent flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
Colin Bousfield
Chief Financial Officer
Colin Bousfield joined Composite Energy as CFO in June 2007, having been a non-executive director of Composite since September 2005, he has over 30 years of banking experience that includes 20 years working in oil and gas lending; most recently with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), where he was a Senior Director within the Oil and Gas Group. He has worked with both independent EandP companies and UK subsidiaries of major oil and gas companies, structuring debt facilities, developing new funding instruments, including mezzanine finance and equity facilities for early appraisal of fields, and advising on acquisitions in the North Sea, NW Europe, India, Australia and the Middle East, in all over 50 facilities totalling over US$10 billion.
Stanley T. Fraser
Non Executive Director
Stanley T. Fraser jointly founded Hydrasun, a specialist hydraulics and instrumentation company in 1976; the company grew to employ over 250 people with a worldwide reach. In 2002 the Hydrasun business was sold and today he concentrates on angel investment opportunities. A board member since Composite Energy's establishment, he brings a strong entrepreneurial flair, seasoned service industry experience, a wealth of contacts and many years of business experience.
Andrew Jameson
Non-Executive Director
Head of Structured Trade Finance, Energy and Natural Resources with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS); Andy represents the investment interest of RBS in Composite Energy.
