Mr. Perracini was previously the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Managing Board of Prime. Mr. Perracini worked in the investment banking industry in Brazil for six years before joining Prime, mostly in the Private Equity division of BTG Pactual, and participated in several investment processes and had roles on the advisory boards of the investee companies. Mr. Perracini has been working with Prime since 2014, based out of the Netherlands, holding the following different positions: Manager of Strategy and Planning; Commercial Director; Chief Financial Officer; and, since 2022, Chief Executive Officer. Throughout his time at Prime, Mr. Perracini has managed the US$3 billion investment by Prime in Nigeria and led successful financing rounds for Prime in excess of US$4 billion.

Ms. Kay is a senior lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry across a wide range of international jurisdictions. She joined the company from BW Energy where she was VP, Associate General Counsel and Company Secretary. She has considerable experience both in private practice with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Andrews Kurth and Ashurst and as a lawyer with Tullow Oil plc. Her background includes advising on all aspects of the hydrocarbons industry and she has worked across Africa, South America, Europe and the Middle East with a particular focus on transactions and M&A, joint ventures, financing, commercial and contract law. Ms. Kay holds an MA in History from the University of Cambridge and is a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales.

Dr. Quinn brings 20 years’ experience in the energy industry across technical, commercial and executive leadership roles. He began his career as a geologist for Shell before moving to the independent sector in a variety of PE startup, mid-size and large E&P companies. Dr. Quinn has worked extensively across Americas, Asia and EMEA business development and asset leadership, building and managing significant exploration, development and production portfolios. Most recently he was a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Kosmos Energy focused on strategy and M&A. Prior to that he was a member of the Executive and Investment committees at Ophir Energy. He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Manchester, a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Edinburgh and executive leadership qualifications from London and Harvard Business Schools.

Mr. Knight joined Africa Oil in August 2021. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering in 2006 and joined Woodside Energy’s graduate Petroleum Engineering program. Mr. Knight moved to Denmark to join Maersk Oil in 2011, where he held various roles in petroleum, production, and completions engineering, as well as in exploration and subsurface leadership. In 2017 Mr. Knight moved to Aberdeen with Maersk Oil, where his roles included Subsurface leadership and Non-Op Asset Management. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Knight was Production Director for Spirit Energy, responsible for Production Management, Hydrocarbon Accounting and developing Spirit’s carbon emissions reporting processes.