Oliver is currently Chief Commercial Officer of Africa Oil Corp. and has 20 years’ experience in the energy industry across technical, commercial and executive leadership roles. He began his career as a geologist for Shell before moving to the independent sector in a variety of PE startup, mid-size and large E&P companies.
Oliver has worked extensively across Americas, Asia and EMEA business development and asset leadership, building and managing significant exploration, development and production portfolios. Prior to joining Africa Oil Corp. he was a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Kosmos Energy focused on strategy and M&A. Prior to that he was a member of the Executive and Investment committees at Ophir Energy.
He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Manchester, a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Edinburgh and executive leadership qualifications from London and Harvard Business Schools.
