Chief Executive Officer
Nick is Chief Executive Officer of Storegga and a founding Director. During his career, Nick has worked in the international upstream oil and gas sector and in corporate finance. Prior to Storegga, he was Chief Executive Officer of Ophir Energy plc and previously Chief Financial Officer of Salamander Energy plc. He began his career as a geophysicist with BG and Amoco before joining Booz-Allen & Hamilton. From 1999-2005 he was a member of the energy and power team at Goldman Sachs. Nick has a BSc and PhD in Geophysical Sciences and an MBA from INSEAD.
Chief Financial Officer
Brandon brings over 20 years’ experience working on critical national infrastructure projects. Prior to joining Storegga, Brandon has been CFO of Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company. Brandon also has 10 years’ of FTSE 100 experience at SSE plc in a range of senior finance roles, including Managing Director for Finance (2013 - 2017).
Brandon’s early career included a secondment to the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit in the Cabinet Office, a period in British Energy’s American acquisition team based in Philadelphia and Toronto, and corporate finance advisory roles in both energy & utilities and public private partnerships. Brandon trained at Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Non-Executive Chairman
Alistair Buchanan joined Storegga as non-executive Chair in 2021. His extensive experience in the energy and regulated utilities sectors, includes serving as Chief Executive of Ofgem for ten years where he led the creation of the regulatory structures for the offshore wind industry and total revision of the onshore network regulatory regime. Trained as a Chartered Accountant at KMPG, he went on to become an award-winning energy sector analyst and head of research for banks in New York and London. He returned to KPMG in 2013 as a Partner and served for five years. He currently serves as Chairman of Electricity North West and is on the board of WH Ireland.
Chief Operating Officer
David was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2020. He built his career in the international oil and gas sector in major projects and operations with BP where he was Senior Vice President for Projects & Engineering, and a member of BP’s Group Leadership team. He has also held several Board positions in oil and gas companies and is a Non-Executive Director of Savannah Energy plc. David is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Director
Steve is Chief Commercial Officer at Storegga. He has 29 years of broad energy industry experience, covering financial stewardship, asset management and technical, operational and commercial management of energy projects around the world. Over the last eight years Steve has used his combination of leadership, communication and analytical skills to great effect on early-stage CCS projects. He has board experience at SME and Group company levels. Steve has a BSc in Geophysics, an MSc in Petroleum Engineering and an MBA.
Director
Alan Booth is Head of Strategy and Integration at Storegga and a founding Director. During his career in international upstream oil and gas he has grown companies through both successful exploration and acquisition. Prior to Storegga, Alan was a non-executive director then CEO of Ophir Energy plc; CEO at AIM listed EnCore Oil plc, and Chairman & Managing Director of EnCana in the United Kingdom. Alan has a BSc in Geology from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Petroleum Geology from the Royal School Mines, Imperial College London. He is a past president of both the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA). He is currently a Senior Independent director at Kitsos PLC.
Chief Technology Officer
Alan is Chief Technology Officer and a founder of Pale Blue Dot Energy, now a Storegga group company. Pale Blue Dot was established as a business fully focussed on the development of Net Zero Infrastructure, including CCS, Hydrogen and Direct Air Capture. Alan is a geologist and reservoir engineer by background, with a long career in the petroleum industry before he moved into the low carbon sector in 2007.
Board Advisor
Jon was a founding Director of Storegga and is now an Advisor to the Board. Following a career in international upstream oil and gas with Amerada Hess Ltd, Clyde Petroleum Plc and Gulf Canada Resources Ltd, Jon was Founder/Principal of several listed companies including: Ophir Energy plc (LSE; Africa), Fusion Oil & Gas plc (AIM; Africa), Calima Energy Ltd (ASX; Canada) and Helium One Global Ltd (AIM; Africa) serving in Technical/Commercial roles. Jon is currently Chairman of Anglo Tunisian Oil & Gas Ltd (Private; Tunisia) and Himilco Renewable Holdings Ltd (Private: Tunisia).
Company Secretary
Mark White has extensive international, cross-sector experience with a record of leading legal, governance and compliance across complex organisations. In 2020, Mark was appointed as Groceries Code Adjudicator, responsible for enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. Mark is also a Member of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) at HM Courts & Tribunal Service hearing appeals against decisions from the Financial Conduct Authority, and a non-executive Chairman of Digital Reconnaissance Limited.
Previously, Mark was Group General Counsel, Company Secretary and Executive Board Member at Compass Group PLC and before that held the same role at Ferguson PLC (formerly Wolseley PLC).