Serica Energy Board
David Latin
Chairman
- Over 30 years' experience in the Energy sector
- OMV Senior Vice President for NW Europe, Africa and Australasia (2011-2017)
- CEO and Chair OMV Norway and Chair OMV UK (2011-2017)
- Founded First Alpha Energy Capital in 2017, and Talaria Technology in 2021 supporting offshore wind and carbon storage
- BP holding a number of global/regional business roles (1993-2011)
- Appointed to the Board of Serica December 2021
- Committees – Nomination Committee (Chair)
Chris Cox
Chief Executive Officer
- Over 40 years’ experience in oil and gas
- Career includes CEO of Spirit Energy, Interim CEO at Capricorn Energy and Chairman of Kellas Midstream
- Experience as a Non-Executive Director of both private equity and publicly listed companies, most recently with Nostrum Oil and Gas
- Appointed to the Board of Serica in July 2024
- Committees: HSE Committee, Sustainability Committee, Reserves Committee
Martin Copeland
Chief Financial Officer
- Over 30 years' experience in oil and gas financing and advisory roles across a number of investment banks with extensive North Sea transaction and financing experience
- Most recently Principal at energy advisory firm Kirk Lovegrove & Co. Ltd where he acted as adviser to Tailwind Energy on their sale to the Company in 2023 as well as advising JX Nippon on the sale of their UKCS business to Neo Energy
- Prior to that, led RBC's EMEA energy team where he advised Premier Oil on their reverse takeover by Chrysaor to create Harbour Energy as well as Ithaca Energy on their acquisition by Delek
- Appointed to the Board of Serica February 2024
Kate Coppinger
Senior Independent Director
- Over 20 years’ investment banking experience primarily focused on providing M&A advice to oil and gas companies
- Career includes roles at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Harrison Lovegrove and most recently as Managing Director at Standard Chartered in the Oil and Gas team responsible for origination and execution of transactions for European clients.
- Non-executive director of Star Energy Group plc
- Appointed to the Board of Serica April 2020
- Committees: Remuneration Committee (Chair), Audit Committee, Nominations Committee
Jérôme Schmitt
Independent Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years’ experience in the Energy and Mobility sector, with particular emphasis across Finance, Sustainability and Business streams
- Career includes roles as Head of M&A and Chief Sustainability officer at TotalEnergies and Chairman of OGCI Executive Committee until 2021
- Developed and financed gas value chain projects in Middle East & Asia and created and led the Net Zero Businesses division of TotalEnergies
- Appointed to the Board of Serica in July 2022
- Committees: Sustainability Committee (Chair), HSE Committee
Michiel Soeting
Independent Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years’ experience in the audit and financial service sector, 20 of which in oil and gas
- Former Global Lead partner and Global Head of Energy & Natural Resources at KPMG
- Extensive financial expertise, strong governance, risk management and regulatory compliance
- A Chartered Accountant qualified in both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
- Appointed to the Board of Serica in February 2023
- Committees: Audit Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee, Reserves Committee
Robert Lawson
Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years' experience in oil, gas and power businesses including Mergers & Acquisitions, Commodity Trading and Corporate Transformation
- Various roles held at BP over 32 years including Global Head of M&A, Commercial Vice President for BP's Refining & Marketing Segment and Global Head of Gas & Power Trading
- Executive Vice President and a Group board member of Mercuria Energy since 2023
- Senior Independent Director for the British American Football Association
- Appointed to the Board of Serica March 2023
- Committees: Nominations Committee
Guillaume Vermersch
Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years’ experience in Commodity Banking, Finance and Risk Management
- Career includes roles at ING Bank and Credit Agricole in Paris and Geneva and as head of the Credit and Finance Risk department of Sempra Oil Trading for Europe and Asia.
- Group Chief Financial Officer and a Group board member of Mercuria Energy since 2004
- Appointed to the Board of Serica March 2023
Kaat Van Hecke
Independent Non-Executive Director
- Over 25 years' experience in the petrochemicals and oil & gas business
- Held positions with ExxonMobil, Shell, OMV and Nostrum in Belgium, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Austria and Kazakhstan.
- Former roles include MD and Senior Vice President OMV Austria E&P (2013-2016) and interim CEO at Nostrum (2019-2020)
- Independent non-executive director of Glover Gas & Power BV/ Axxela Ltd and Trinity Exploration and Production Plc
- Appointed to the Board of Serica July 2023
- Committees: HSE Committee (Chair), Reserves Committee (Chair), Audit Committee
Sian Lloyd Rees
Independent Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years' experience in Oil & Gas, IT and the Renewable Energy industries
- Career includes roles at Halliburton Corporation, Oracle Corporation and Aker Group and most recently as UK MD of Aker Horizons and Mainstream Renewable Power responsible for growing a renewable energy portfolio in offshore wind and hydrogen
- Non-executive director for the Net Zero Technology Centre, non-executive director of Port of Aberdeen, supervisory board member of Ignitis Group and non-executive board member of Ricardo plc
- Appointed to the Board of Serica July 2023
- Committees: Remuneration Committee, Sustainability Committee
Serica Today
11
producing fields
c.41,000boe/d
2024 net production guidance
140 million boe
Net 2P reserves
(as at 31 December 2023)
200
staff
80%
of our production operated by Serica
