Management team

Steve Adams is Salamander's Business Development Manager. He has extensive worldwide experience in the oil and gas industry and joined Salamander from Murphy where he was Deepwater Exploration Manager with responsibility for exploration activity and Southeast Asian new ventures. Steve has also worked for BP, Lasmo, ENI, CNR and PEXCO.

Steve is a Geologist by background with a BSc in Geology from the University of Durham, an MSc in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College and an MBA from RGU Aberdeen.

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John is General Manager of our Thailand operations. He has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry, a number of which were spent in Southeast Asia. John worked for LASMO for 17 years and subsequently spent four years with ENI, before most recently working for Hess. John holds a PhD in Geological Sciences from Durham University and an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.

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Nick joined Salamander in 2006 and is currently Exploration Manager (Thailand) based in Bangkok. He has over 23 years industry experience, predominantly with ConocoPhillips, and has been involved with exploration and appraisal projects in Turkey, the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and for the last 14 years, southeast Asia. He brings an in depth knowledge of hydrocarbon plays across the region, and significant experience in new ventures exploration.

Nick has a BSc in Geology from University of Leeds and an MSc in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College, London.

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Don is the Subsurface Engineering Manager, based in Jakarta. He has over 25 years of reservoir and petroleum engineering experience in the oil and gas industry. Starting his career with Exxon in Canada, Don has also lived and worked in North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East. He has worked privately as a consultant and with state oil companies. Most recently, he was Engineering Manager with Talisman Energy Indonesia.

Don is a Professional Engineer in Canada and holds a B. Eng. in chemical engineering plus an MBA.

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Guus is Salamander’s Regional Operations Director. He has over 30 years of industry experience managing production and development operations in both onshore and offshore environments. He started his career with Shell and has also worked for, or as, a consultant to Qatar General Petroleum Company, Mobil Oil, Chevron and SBM.

Guus has a BSc in Ship-Marine Engineering from the University of Rotterdam, an MBA from Henley Business School and a M.S. in Executive Interim Management from University of Antwerp Business School.

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John is the General Manager of our Indonesian operations. He has 30 years of experience in the energy business, of which 23 have been gained in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Salamander, John worked as a Finance Specialist with VICO where he was seconded by ENI. John has also worked with LASMO, Hudbay Malacca Strait Ltd and Hudson’s Bay Oil & Gas.

John is qualified as a Certified Management Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

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Ken Jones is Salamander’s Regional Drilling Manager. He has over 30 years of global industry experience and prior to joining Salamander Ken was working for Shell as a drilling consultant on its operations in Cameroon. Ken has also worked as a consultant on drilling matters to OMV (Venezuela), Gaz de France (Algeria). Prior to this Ken worked for Lasmo for over 12 years, with assignments in Indonesia, Pakistan and the UK, as well as spells with Amoco and Union Oil.

Ken has a BSc in Mathematics & Physics and a MSc in Geophysics & Planetary Physics both from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Charles is Salamander’s Group General Counsel. He has over 25 years experience providing legal counsel in the international upstream oil and gas sector having previously worked for companies such as BP, LASMO and CEPSA. He received his MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales and California, U.S.A.

Shaun Richardson is Salamander’s Regional Geoscience Director. He has over 30 years of industry experience and was most recently Exploration Director for Harvest Natural Resources with responsibility for Southeast Asia. Prior to that Shaun spent nearly 18 years with BG Group, including a spell as Chief Geologist in Jakarta. He also worked earlier in his career for Gearhart, Britoil plc and BP Exploration.

Shaun has a BSc in Geological Sciences from Leeds University, a MSc in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College, London and an MBA from Liverpool University. Shaun is both a Chartered Geologist in the UK and a Certified Petroleum Geologist in the USA.

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Tony joined Salamander at its inception in 2005 as Group financial controller. He brings with him 20 years of financial experience which he gained working with such companies as Premier Oil plc (for three years), LASMO plc (seven years) and BP (eleven years). Some of Tony’s assignments abroad have taken him to such countries as Myanmar, Columbia, Libya and Egypt. Prior to joining Salamander, Tony was running his own consultancy franchise providing advice to small and medium-sized companies.

Tony is both a member and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

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Jerry joined Salamander in 2011 and is Exploration Manager, Indonesia. Jerry has 30 years industry experience, principally with LASMO and Eni SpA. He was previously based in Indonesia for five years with LASMO in the early-mid 90’s and has also managed exploration projects in Libya, Pakistan, Ghana, Brazil, Venezuela, the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and the North Sea. Jerry has a BSc in Geology from King’s College, London.

Hugh joined Salamander in 2007, opening our Vietnam office in Ho Chi Minh City. He brings 17 years of experience from BP across Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, Abu Dhabi and the North Sea. His recent experience includes relationship-building, approvals, negotiations, and team-building across gas, LNG, pipelines and power. Prior to Salamander, Hugh held management positions in BP across commercial operations, business development and projects. His work in Vietnam started in 1995 working with PetroVietnam's Gas Master Plan, whilst his early career included research for Rolls Royce Aero Engines and work in UK power generation.

Hugh holds a PhD and a BEng in mechanical engineering. He is a chartered engineer, and a member of the IMechE, SPE and AIPN.

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