Bryan Ramsumair is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of DeNovo Energy Limited (‘DeNovo’). Before being promoted to Managing Director, Bryan held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) where he led the commercial, finance and procurement teams in the acquisition and fast-track development of the Iguana field which included securing a USD 250 MM investment from Proman AG and a Gas Sales Agreement with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited. Previously Bryan was the CFO at Trinity Exploration and Production Plc. (‘Trinity’) where he was involved in growing Trinity from a 1,100 bopd to 4,400 bopd through the drill bit and via strategic mergers and acquisitions. Bryan led the finance team to take Trinity public via a reverse takeover on the London Stock Exchange which was accompanied by a USD 90 MM common share offering and follow on fund raisings of USD 63 MM in senior credit facilities.

Bryan is heavily experienced in banking as his career began at RBTT Merchant Bank where he became involved in originating and structuring over USD 2 billion in equity and debt transactions in Trinidad and Tobago and throughout the Caribbean.

Subsequent to RBTT Merchant Bank (where he left as Vice-President of Equity Capital Markets), Bryan co-founded a corporate finance boutique called ONE1 Financial Limited which raised over USD 150 MM in financing in its first year of operations and which was then sold to one of the Caribbean’s largest conglomerates.

Bryan is a former Non-Executive Director of Trinidad Cement Limited (where he was an instrumental member of the independent board which advised on the takeover by CEMEX Sa), Development Finance Limited, and the Securities Dealers Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

Bryan holds an Masters in Business Administration and Honors Business Administration from The Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada and is an Ivey Merit Award winner.

Sydney S Alexander is currently the Head of Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE) at DeNovo Energy Limited a position he has held for the last three years. Sydney has had more than 35 years of experience in the Energy sector in Trinidad & Tobago. With a combined 18 years of Process Operations, and more than 17 years of HSE experience, in both the upstream & downstream sector, with International Energy Organisations. Sydney has held both Corporate and Project HSE leadership roles encompassing HSE start-up Operations, Process Safety/ Major Accident Hazard potential Risk Management, Assurance, Marine Assurance, Contractor Management.

Widely networked in the Energy Sector, Sydney has been described as an experienced individual with a high degree of HSE knowledge and demonstrated creativity in the health and safety profession. Sydney’s HSE experience includes HSE Strategy development, HSSE Management System Development and Implementation, Leading Safety Cases (Major Accident Hazards) Reviews & Updates, Leading Quantitative Risk Assessment Updates, Leading Escape, Muster, Evacuation, Rescue Assessments (EMERAs).

Sydney is also versed in the interpretation and implementation of International industry HSE legislation codes and standards, Risk management, Technical Management of Change reviews, Health system reviews, Auditing, HSE Training. Sydney’s Industry leadership and membership role includes: Organization representative to Trinidad & Tobago Energy HSE groups, Association of Upstream Energy Operators (AUOTT), Safe TO Work (STOW) T&T Board, (Assurance & Sustainability Management) Certification programme T&T High Risk Contractors HSE Management systems.

In addition to being a technical professional, Sydney’s has also amassed in his career significant and related core Management Skills, including Management coordination training and motivation of personnel; Team Leadership in risk management strategies and the implementation of risk reduction activities; Team leadership HSSE Management Systems development and Implementation; H&S/E Compliance Monitoring, Management of Change; This coupled with the diverse skills gained from successful operation in different sectors makes for a uniquely rounded industry profession.

Additionally, Sydney holds a BSc in Management from the University of London and is a certified Health and Safety professional holding an MSc Health & Safety (2011) University of Greenwich. Sydney is also a 2013-current Chartered Member-UK Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH), the world’s biggest professional health and safety membership organisation and only Chartered body for health and safety professionals.

Suresh is the Production Manager at DeNovo with over ten (10) years experience in offshore operations. At DeNovo, he manages and oversees operations, maintenance and offshore strategies, policies and programs with the objective of achieving company approved performance targets.

Maintenance at DeNovo is based on industry practice for the E&P sector, however with a more intense technology focus integrated into the systems. Suresh possesses extensive knowledge of local and international standards and best practices for safe execution of work and he is highly competent in managing offshore installations, pipelines and onshore facilities, commissioning of E&P facilities, safety case reviews, use of integrated electronic control of work software and management of change software.

Mitra’s expertise in the field of finance rests on over a decade of audit and financial management experience within the oil and gas industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). His focus for success includes driving the use of efficient processes to build strong financial controls. At DeNovo, Mitra is the Financial Controller where he leads the accounting team and oversees the organization’s financial reporting requirements as well as advises senior management. He also led the development of the company’s internal controls framework for roll out across all departments.

Rushil joined the DeNovo team in 2017 as a Process Engineer in Operations, supporting the Iguana Project. His role grew into a project engineer for the offshore platform and played a key role in bridging the detailed engineering design through to the commissioning and start-up of the facility.

Rushil transitioned into a Lead Process Engineer role within the Operations group, assisting with day-to-day operations and troubleshooting while also setting-up the production reporting structure for the facilities. In 2020, he was seconded to the Zandolie Development Project, initially as a Project Engineer, to support the management and execution of all platform and topsides engineering deliverables. Rushil was then appointed as Commissioning Lead and was responsible for steering all onshore and offshore commissioning activities for the project.

He led the start-up team during start-up of the Zandolie facility and supported till the project was handed over to operations, where he subsequently transitioned back into a role supporting the operating assets. Rushil is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) where he obtained a BSc. in Chemical and Process Engineering.

Kris Sookdeo is the Commercial Manager at DeNovo where he is responsible for business and economic modelling and he oversees management of the company’s production sharing contracts, gas and condensate sales agreements. Kris is also involved in energy sector market intelligence, treasury and joint venture partner and government relations.

Prior to joining DeNovo in 2016, Kris worked in the financial services sector for over 10 years, most recently as an analyst at one of the domestic banks with responsibilities for country and industry research, as well as fixed income pricing.

Kris holds a BSc. In Management Studies from the University of the West Indies.

At DeNovo, Joannah leads the Procurement and Supply Chain team with over thirteen (13) years of supply chain management experience. Here she is able to apply her extensive skills and experience in every stage of project management and the strategic procurement process. This includes planning and implementation throughout the tender phase and post award management to contract close out. Her key competencies include proactively developing and implementing procurement processes inclusive of purchasing strategies and tendering/contracting processes to support both long term operational requirements and minor and major projects within the construction and oil and gas sectors. She is also involved in mentorship, strategic negotiating, project management, financial and budgetary control, cost and risk management, and internal control systems development.

She is an Entrepreneur and she is a key founding member of NourishTT which is a local, non-profit organisation that seeks to alleviate poverty and reduce food waste through the re-distribution of food to at-risk households and charities.

Terrence’s seventeen (17) year stint within the energy sector adds tremendous value to DeNovo’s forward thinking agenda of leveraging the use of technology to increase efficiency and optimise solutions for continuous business improvement.

Terrence manages both the company’s Information Technology portfolio as well as its Administration which encompasses facilities and maintenance management.

Prior to DeNovo, Terrence spent fourteen (14) years at Atlantic LNG where his role became critical to the Technology and HSSE teams. During his tenure he was able to manage and deliver major projects and contracts.

Tom Blue is a Project Manager for DeNovo Energy Limited based in Trinidad. He assumed the position in May 2019 and is currently responsible for the Zandolie Development Project. Prior to his current role, he was the Drilling Manager for DeNovo Energy Limited, where he was responsible for the start-up of the Drilling, Completion and Logistics team to successfully complete the 3-well Iguana Development Programme from a Conductor Supported Platform with a local Jack-up Rig.

Tom has been in Trinidad since 2004, as a Sr. Drilling Engineer for BG T&T, the Drilling Manager at Centrica Trinidad and the Drilling Engineering Manager at Range Resources. His 36 year career has spanned operations in the onshore US, the US Gulf of Mexico, offshore South Africa, deepwater offshore Egypt, both shallow water and deepwater offshore Brazil and onshore and offshore Trinidad. Tom has held numerous varied positions in Operations, Engineering and Drilling and Completions for ARCO Oil & Gas, Vastar Resources and Halliburton Energy Services prior to his positions in Trinidad.

Tom is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, receiving his BS in petroleum engineering.

Les Smith is a graduate Geologist (Cardiff, 1980) with a Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering (Heriot Watt, 1995) and 35+ years industry track record on the evaluation and execution of UKCS and International oil and gas projects. Les is a life member of the SPE, a fellow of the Geological Socoety of London with membership to numerous other professional associations.

Les is the founder and principal consultant of DubhOr Energy, established in 2007 a consultancy providing commercial and technical support for asset evaluation and valuation, corporate, commercial and subsurface advisory, farm-out negotiation, portfolio screening and project planning.

DubhOr currently acts as the sub-surface manager for De Novo, Trinidad (a ProMan Gp. subsidiary). Milestone projects include the acquisition of the 1a/1b portfolio from Centrica, successful approval and development of the Iguana gas field, delivering gas to the market in November 2018, plus evaluating a portfolio of ‘hub’ concept projects. Corporate support to De Novo includes leading technical evaluation of business development initiatives (exploration, appraisal and farm-ins), technical representation to MEEI, managing 3rd party reserves audits, participation in capital ‘roadshows’ and direct liaison with De Novo’s major shareholders.

DubhOr is currently the technical advisor to NedBank supporting the technical evaluation of its reserves-based lending portfolio.

DubhOr track record of upstream clients includes major operators, independents, integrated consultancy services, banks, venture capital investment houses, the World Bank (IFC) and asset brokers; Dubhor has worked in partnership with clients to raise project finance for exploration, appraisal, and development projects in the UK and Internationally. Clients deliverables variably include subsurface geoscience, reservoir engineering and / or petrophysical studies, portfolios and assets specific uncertainty and risk assessment, reserves and commercial valuations, exploration portfolio risking, investment screening and new business development support to UK and Internationally. Study areas of Africa includes Kenya, Ghana, Comoros Islands, Mozambique, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa; the Caribbean including Trinidad, Guyana (Onshore), Bahamas, Grenada; Central and SE Asia, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, Western Australia, Oman, Norway and numerous projects in the UKCS.

Prior to establishing Dubhor Energy in 2004, Les was a Founder Partner and Sub-surface Director of Energy Development Partners (EDP), a new business model in the UK for investing and developing oil and gas projects. The business, authorised by the FSA, raised a $MM 350 equity fund to provide capital and technical resource to develop oil and gas fields using innovative commercial solutions that are based upon revenue sharing agreements as well as asset acquisition.

Employment history prior to EDP includes Venture Production with the role of a senior member of the corporate development group providing technical and commercial support to the executive management supporting valuation and reserves reporting, subsurface evaluation and valuation of new business opportunities from commercial and strategic viewpoints. Other employees include Reservoir Management Limited, eventually becoming part of the Lloyds Register (LR) suite of companies, as a consultant delivering numerous projects including reserves audits, static and dynamic reservoir characterisation studies. Developed and delivered the RML public courses in ‘Petrophysical Interpretation’ and ‘Quantitative Reservoir Description for Geological Modelling’.

Prior to completing the Master degree at Heriot Watt, employed on numerous UKCS and International projects include petrophysical evaluation of carbonate reservoir, Al Shaheen Field, Qatar for Maersk; long term (3 years+) contract as production geologist, petrophysicist and operations support for the development of eight fields on the Masila Block operated by Canadian Occidental, Yemen; member of team with Quad Engineering working on projects in Trinidad and Siberia. Operations experience for multiple clients in locations varying from mainland China, Aruba, Norway, Denmark, Holland and the UKCS.

Ian MacDonald has 40 years of technical and management experience in the Upstream sector and is an experienced petroleum engineer with a strong background in business development. He has led engineering, operations and business development teams while working for both major and independent oil and gas companies in Trinidad, North America, Europe and North Africa.

Mr. MacDonald has extensive experience in the Trinidad Oil and Gas Industry as Chief Operation Officer with Trinidad Exploration and Production, consultant with BP for the divestment and post-sale management of the Teak, Poui, and Samaan offshore oil assets and offshore engineer and engineering supervisor with Amoco Trinidad Oil Company.

Mr. MacDonald led a technical team with BP Norway on offshore acquisition strategies, development planning and analysis, as well as, leading the technical and negotiation teams for the divestment of the Gyda oil field and the Ormen Lange gas field. Prior to his roles at BP Norway, Mr. MacDonald held numerous positions with BP/Amoco leading development, operations and engineering teams onshore and offshore, in the U.S., Canada, Norway, Egypt and Trinidad.

Mr. MacDonald earned an Engineering Diploma from Saint Francis Xavier University and Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from Dalhousie University (formerly Technical University of Nova Scotia) in Nova Scotia and is a licensed Professional Engineer (Nova Scotia), Professional Engineer (Alberta) and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Yatindranath Keith Bally is an established executive with extensive varied upstream Oil and Gas experience. He is performance focused with experience in creating, motivating and leading teams to deliver strong results and adopting agile ways of working to drive efficiencies. He is experienced in working all aspects of the oil and gas upstream and creating integrated strategies. He has been part of teams that design organisation constructs and successfully execute new organisations. Keith is a technically strong, engaging, motivating and empathetic leader with proven success in oil and gas business in Trinidad and Tobago, Asia/Far East areas (China, Myanmar, Vietnam) and Angola. He possesses wide experience base in leadership and practitioner roles in Subsurface (technical, well operations, production, development, petrophysics, exploration), Operations (asset manager), Major Projects (Appraisal Manager) and Commercial (analyst). He initiated and led the evaluation of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) as part of the low carbon agenda in bpTT.

He has a strong reputation working with partners and key stakeholders and attracting and developing talent in the industry. He is highly valued for judgement, technical depth, business understanding, delivery and ability to integrate. He has strong integrity, professionalism and work ethic and enjoys solving complex challenges. A Geologist/Petrophysicist by background, he worked in technical, commercial and senior leadership positions within BP where his roles have included Vice President Reservoir Development (most recent), Appraisal General Manager, Asset Manager and other senior Management positions, and technical roles as Petrophysicist, Development / Production Geologist, Exploration Geologist and Commercial Analyst. He has worked all aspects of the upstream business, accessing new acreage, managing joint ventures, exploration, production, developments, operations and commercial.

Brian Besson is a knowledge powerhouse with over 50 years’ experience in Engineering and Operations within the oil and gas sector at senior levels. He began his stellar career as an Operations Engineer at Amoco Trinidad Oil Company in 1975 and remained at Amoco through its transition to bpTT until 2007 where he departed bpTT LLC as Technical Learning and Organisational Development Manager, Human Resources.

Throughout his time at Amoco/bpTT, Brian held several roles spanning Reservoir Engineering, Process Safety Management, and Operations Management. Between 1998 and 2001, he was also Operations/Offshore Delivery Manager for the bp Amoco Trinidad West Business Unit, which included Samaan, Teak and Poui assets.

After a remarkable career at Amoco/bpTT, he went on to become the Operations Manager at Trinity Exploration and Production Limited and most recently a Special Advisor at DeNovo Energy Limited to the Project and Operations Teams for the Block 1a Offshore Development in the Gulf of Paria.

Brian holds a BSc. Mechanical Engineering from the University of the West Indies and was a certified Project Management Professional. He possesses key skills in Leadership, Project Management at the Front end of Field Development, Human Resource development, and establishing overlapping networks across disciplines in Trinidad and Tobago.

Keith Eddy is a Career Oil & Gas Management professional with over 30 years of local and international management experience. He completed his formal education at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (BA Chemistry) and University of Tulsa Oklahoma (MSc Petroleum Engineering).

Keith retains active membership in Pi Epsilon Tau Petroleum Engineering Honor Society, The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad & Tobago, and The Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Keith commenced his working career as a Field Engineer with Halliburton Trinidad Ltd from 1988 to 1991 thereafter he moved to Petrotrin as a Drilling Engineer from 1991 to 1997. This was followed by a move to BG Trinidad & Tobago Limited from 1997 to 2007 where he functioned in the capacity of Senior Operations Engineer, Operations Manager, Engineering Manager, Vice President Technical Services, Project Manager – Central Bloak and Area Manager – Central Block.

Of the first 20 Years of his working career Keith has spent 11 of these years in very senior management positions. In 2007 he founded PI Consultants a company that focused on delivery of Management consultancy services to Governments and to large private energy industries worldwide.

From January 2016 to October 2016 he worked as the Senior Advisor Upstream to the Minister of Energy in Trinidad where he:

• Provided technical advisory support for the Minister as part of the substantive activities in preparation of the strategic plan for the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and the monitoring of action plan deliverables.

• Advised the Minister on Development of policy/strategy for the management of the upstream petroleum industry

• Acted as knowledge based advisory services provider within the area of energy policy development and implementation in regard to underutilized and open acreages.

• Prepared comprehensive position papers and recommendations outlining policy options/choices in regulating the surveying, exploration, drilling, mining, production, development, processing, transportation and marketing operations of the petroleum and other mining industries to ensure that existing laws are observed.

• Provided advice to the Minister on approved exploration work programs and budgets, appraisal work programs, development plans, work-over programs and financial obligations.

• Facilitated constant dialogue with the Government and other key partners to provide knowledge based advisory services: liaise with national stakeholders and ensure proper coordination and partnership in common development efforts in the area of energy policy development and implementation.

• Provided technical support to the ministry charged with the foreign affairs portfolio (e.g. cross border, law of the sea).

• Provided the professional platform for networking and partnership building with the government, local authorities, non-government, private sector, and international development organizations or projects.

• Liaised with the key stakeholders including local and regional Chambers of Commerce and business associations.

• Participated and contribute towards the development of the Ministry Diversification strategy.

• Supported the Minister as required.
From October 2016 to Present, Keith provided technical advice on the DeNovo Energy Block 1a Field Development Project.