John Scott An experienced leader with a track record of negotiating complex structures and closing appropriate finance packages. Capable of assembling and managing internal and external deal teams. Established player in the financial markets. Strong business development skills including creating concepts and solutions. Wide global contact base within the oil and gas industry. Career History Indus Gas / Abbeymount CFO for a successful Aim IPO in June 08 of Indian Onshore Gas Assets, ongoing financial reporting, investor relations, debt and equity capital management Ongoing advisory to elements of the Nigerian Government on re-structuring their oil industry Consultant to private and Government interests on oil and gas industry. General financial advice to Eboroil Advice to Greenfield Partners on their Bioethanol activities Advice to selected Banks and Corporates on oil and gas matters Exile Resources CFO and Corporate Development Director. Responsible for the normal tasks of a finance director in a small public company including accounting, treasury and regulatory issues. Significant exposure to investors and hedge funds to raise 2 rounds of equity finance. Company focused on West Africa oil and gas. Travelled at least monthly to region for business development activity. Sourced multiple deals and closed one significant acquisition (Farm In). Standard Bank London Head of Oil and Gas Advisory responsible for start-up advisory business ABN AMRO Bank Executive Director/Senior Vice President responsible for oil & gas advisory on world-wide projects Focus on improving relationships with key NOCs such as Aramco, Sonatrach, Sonangol, etc Deal team leader for BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom on $1.5bn Russian project Advice and closure of first asset sale by Russian oil company within a PSA Prospect leader on Dolphin gas project $3bn in UAE Prospect leader on South Pars project $4bn in Iran Prospect leader on African pipeline project Various activities with Saudi Aramco Halliburton/Brown & Root (World’s largest oilfield service and contracting company) Director of Corporate Development and Finance Responsible for Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Trade Finance and Equity Investments for Halliburton activities in Eastern Hemisphere. Built and managed a 7 man team to deliver quality advice and execution Closed first UK PFI capital markets financing, a ground breaking £ Bond. Significant PFI bidding experience in transport, infrastructure, water and defence Contractor finance and participation in oil and gas projects including alliancing Developing World project and concession experience Completed 2 public M&A deals and 5 private M&A deals Negotiated 5 oilfield acquisitions and closed 1 Detailed knowledge of financial markets, selected and awarded Bank mandates Participated in Business Unit management reviews, budget reviews and bid reviews CEO and CFO appointments for subsidiary companies CITIBANK Vice President in Energy and Project Finance US commercial bank credit training (entry level to senior banker) Oil & Gas specialist credit initial (included review of special credits at request of the Credit Policy Committee of Citibank) Experience of leading project finance advisory mandates in energy, power and pipelines Strong business development focus (used in marketing to test concepts and structures on clients) Participated in all the major refinery finance transactions in Asia during 1980s 10 years experience of oilfield finance with No1 Energy Bank (as established by industry polls) Managed specialised analyst team of 6-9 for 2 years, responsible for routine and deal generated credit work for all specialised industries, natural resources, airlines, shipping, trade and commodities, etc. British National Oil Corporation Responsible for corporate planning and market analysis for national oil company with a staff of 3 Managed crude oil valuation and oil price forecasting. Regular briefing of UK Government up to and including UK Chancellor Joint Venture negotiations and commercial arrangements. Extensive experience of committee structures used by oilfield partners to conduct their business Technical roles in various oilfield development projects including some of the largest North Sea projects Engineering training with Shell UK Education London Business School (LBS) MBA 1986 Univ of Aston Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering 1980 Univ of Salford BSc (Hons)2.2 Accountancy and Process Engineering1979
