Meettheteam

Depthandbreadthofknowledgeand
experience

DrWilliam(Bill)Higgs
ChiefOperatingOfficer
DrBillHiggswasappointedasanexecutivedirectorandChiefOperatingOfficer
inSeptember2014andheisamemberoftheTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee.Bill
hasover25yearsofglobalexploration,developmentandoperationsexperience,
themajoritywithChevronCorporation.HisrolesatChevronincludedSeniorVice
PresidentofOperationsforSaudiArabiaChevron,ReservoirManagerfor
TengizchevroilinKazakhstan,AssetManagerfortheBBLTdevelopmentinBlock
14AngolaandGeneralManagerforStrategyforChevronCorporation.Inhistime
atChevronhewasalsoamemberoftheCorporateReservesAuditCommitteeand
theDecisionReviewBoardsfortheGorgonandWheatstoneLNGdevelopmentsin
Australia.BeforejoiningOphir,BillspenttwoandahalfyearsasChiefExecutive
OfficerofMediterraneanOil&Gasplc(acquiredbyRockhopperExplorationplc).
BillhasaBScinGeologicalSciencesfromtheUniversityofLeedsandaPhDin
StructuralGeologyfromtheUniversityofWales.
 DrOliverQuinn
DirectorAfricaandGlobalNew
Ventures
DrOliverQuinnjoinedOphirinAugust2013.Oliverhas15yearsupstreamOiland
Gasexperience.HebeganhiscareerasageologistwithShellbeforemovingto
FairfieldEnergyandmorerecentlyHessCorporationwhereheheldavarietyof
businessdevelopment,technicalandleadershiproles.Oliverhasbeeninvolvedin
E&PprojectsandbusinessdevelopmentacrossAfrica,Asia,Europe,Russiaand
theAmericas.OliverhasaBScinGeology,aPhDinPetroleumGeoscienceandis
analumniofLondonBusinessSchool.

PhilipDobson
ProjectManager
Philiphas35yearsoil&gasexperiencecoveringallaspectsofOil&Gas
developmentsthroughappraisal,conceptselectdefineandexecute.Hehas
managedprojectsincludingOffshoreFixedplatform,FPSO,Onshorecompression
andOnshoreLNG.ThroughouthiscareerhehasworkedinternationallyforOil
MajorsincludingMarathon,Talisman,Hess,BP&Shellincountriesincluding
Sudan,GabonandEquatorialGuinea(MarathonEGLNGtrain1).
 AndrewFreear
CommercialManager
AndrewFreearjoinedOphirinNovember2014asCommercialManager
responsibleforcommercialactivitiesinrelationtoOphirsoperatedinterestsin
Africa.Hisprimaryresponsibilityisforthemarketingandnegotiationof
FortunaFLNGofftakeagreements.HehasworkedacrossUpstreamdevelopment
andacquisitionprojectsinNorthWestEurope,CaribbeanandNorthAmericafor
UKutilityCentrica.Andrewsexperiencecoversdevelopingcommercialstructuring
andfinancingrequirementsforCNGandLNGprojectsandnegotiatingmultiparty
projectcoordinationagreementsforastrandedgasprojectbasedinthe
Caribbean.ThisincludedleadingthemarketingandnegotiationofGasSales
AgreementswithCaribbeanbasedpowermarketsincommercialisingCNGin
PuertoRico,DominicanRepublicandBrazil.