Board of Directors

Andy Butler has over 27 years of experience in the oil and gas sector He has had involvement with Baron Oil since 2016, when the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with SundaGas Pte Ltd, a company he founded and which ultimately led to the signing in 2019 of the Timor-Leste TL-SO-19-16 Production Sharing Contract. He joined the Board on 1 July 2023 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 15 March 2024.

Andy was formerly vice president of business development at Mitra Energy Ltd (subsequently renamed Jadestone Energy Plc) and new ventures manager and a principal consultant geologist at BG Group. Andy is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and an active member of the South-East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX), the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Association of International Energy Negotiators and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Cambridge and a B.A. in Geology from the University of Oxford.

Rob Collins has over 20 years’ experience in natural resources corporate finance, advising on a broad range of corporate transactions spanning various commodity groups and transactions primarily at Evolution Securities, Canaccord Genuity Europe and GMP Securities Europe. He has successfully advised on numerous IPOs, public and private equity raises and M&A transactions for many UK, Canadian and Australian listed companies as well as acting as CFO for Victoria Oil & Gas Plc. Rob commenced his career at Coopers and Lybrand and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. Rob has been working with the Company, initially as a consultant, since December 2023.

Gerry has a wealth of career experience in insurance and financial markets, having been a founding director of PRI Group plc, a directors’ and officers’ liability insurer, and having held non-executive directorships with Henderson Group plc, Mecom Group plc, Omnis Investments Ltd and Iveagh Ltd.  He was Investment Director at Schroder Investment Management for 16 years, managing pension funds and unit trusts, Chairman of Electric & General Investment Trust plc, and also Chairman of Cenkos Securities plc from 2012 to 2018.  He is currently Managing Partner of Javelin Capital Partners LLP.

Gerry is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and HSE Committees.

Keith is an experienced quoted company director having worked for over 30 years in the energy industry. He has a petroleum engineering background, with significant experience in the oil and gas sector. Previously he has worked for Amerada Hess, Burlington Resources and E.ON Ruhrgas, before joining AIM quoted Northern Petroleum plc, initially as COO and later as CEO. Keith is currently COO at Hartshead Resources, an ASX-listed gas development company, and COO at TelosNRG Limited, an advisory consultancy which he co-owns. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Manchester. Keith is Chair of the HSE Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.

John is a highly experienced investment industry professional who has held CEO and director-level positions at leading asset management and investment banking firms.  John has extensive knowledge and experience of corporate research and capital raising, including as CEO of Cenkos Securities Asia and Head of Asia Pacific Research at Schroder Investment Management.  He holds an MA in Engineering Science from University of Oxford and DBA, MSc and MBA qualifications from Henley Business School.  He is a CFA charter-holder and currently combines non-executive and advisory roles with his position as a lecturer at Henley Business School.

John is chair of the Audit and Remuneration and a member of the HSE Committee.