About Us

Dr. Kenneth Gerard Pereira

Chairman

Dr Kenneth is the Managing Director of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad.

Dr Kenneth has 27 years experience in the oil and gas industry, both in the services and exploration and production sectors. He began his career with Schlumberger Overseas S.A. in 1983 as a Field Service Engineer working in Brunei, Thailand, France, Libya, Italy, Norway and Tunisia. In 1990, he joined the Sapura Group, overseeing the service of telecommunication products and later, moved to the Group’s Corporate Planning Department.

In 2003, the Sapura Group successfully acquired Crest Petroleum Berhad and he became the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad (now part of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad Group), an oil and gas services company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.

In 2009, Dr Kenneth became Managing Director of Interlink Petroleum Ltd, an oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange (2009 to 2011). In 2009, he was appointed to the board of STP Energy Pte Ltd, a privately held Singaporean company with offshore oil and gas exploration interests in New Zealand.

He holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom, a Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield University, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of South Australia, Australia.

Zainal Abidin Jalil

Director

Zainul has over 35 years of experience in various managerial and leadership roles covering upstream oil and gas operations, independent power business and the technology sector.

A former executive of ExxonMobil in upstream O&G, former CEO of Malakoff Corporation and former Group Managing Director of DNeX.

Lauren Forbes

FINANCE MANAGER

Lauren is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA Qualified) with a BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance from The Robert Gordons University, Aberdeen.

Lauren has 11 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry with experience in joint ventures and business planning.

Prior to joining AOC, Lauren spent 6 years at Dana Petroleum where she held various roles and was most recently responsible for the accounting of their operated asset, Triton.

Peter Kavanagh

Chief Operating Officer

A Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Manager, Peter Kavanagh has over 30 years of industry experience in the UK and the Middle East in Senior Managerial and Director roles. Peter joined AOC in 2020 after 13 years tenure at Petrofac, where he was most recently Operations Director for UK CNS Operated Assets, which included Anasuria as part of his responsibilities. Before this, Peter worked at Shell for 15 years in various roles, including Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) onboard several North Sea assets.

Rebecca Main

Transformation Manager

Rebecca is a highly experienced professional in the oil and gas industry boasting 10 years of experience across several disciplines including operations, process engineering, project engineering, and business development.

Before joining AOC, Rebecca was employed by Petrofac as the Operations Team Leader for Anasuria. AOC offered Rebecca the opportunity of becoming their project engineer after her success within Petrofac operations, and she was responsible for developing and delivering many of the key engineering projects and operational changes which have been credited for increasing both the production efficiency and safety of Anasuria since AOC took ownership of the asset.

Rebecca received the 2022 OEUK award for operational integrity, and was recently promoted to the role of Transformation Manager for AOC. She has great experience in Asset Life Extension and has a focus and passion for implementing business improvements which help AOC strive to develop and grow as a company.

Rebecca holds a Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering from the University of Edinburgh.

Iain Heneghan

Operations Manager

As Operations Manager Iain is responsible for the management and control of all operational aspects of the Anasuria FPSO and associated subsea infrastructure. Leading the offshore operations team and onshore support organisation to ensure the safe delivery of efficient production operations.

With 15 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, Iain began his career with the Petrofac graduate scheme before gaining experience in Integrity and Facilities Engineering roles. Iain moved on to join EnQuest to develop his knowledge within an Operator environment as a Project Engineer and latterly as a Senior Facilities Engineer.

In 2015 Iain returned to Petrofac, joining the duty holder team while transitioning the Anasuria FPSO from Shell to Anasuria Operating Company. Starting as Integrity Engineer and progressing to Operations Manager within a 6-year period. Throughout his career Iain has developed a strong knowledge of operating ageing north sea assets, he enjoys the technical challenges and has led a number of digital initiatives within the business. He is passionate about developing people and empowering his team.

Iain holds a First Class BEng (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dundee.

Morag Kidd

HSEQ Manager

Morag has been a Chartered Member of IOSH for more than 18 years and has 19 years of oil and gas experience.

Having graduated in Applied Science, Morag started her oil and gas career with KCA Deutag supporting their platform drilling operations in the UK for four years before moving to PSN to gain broader project and engineering experience, ultimately as UK HSE Manager.

Seeking further operational experience, Morag spent four years as Talisman’s UK Health and Safety Manager, supporting their broad portfolio of onshore and offshore assets; she was seconded to Malaysia for three years as Regional HSE & Crisis Management Authority with oversight of operations in five countries across Asia Pacific.

On returning to the UK, Morag held the position of HSE Manager for EnQuest for five and half years, gaining experience in asset commissioning, decommissioning planning and asset transition before joining AOC in February 2021.

Steven Archibald

Commercial Manager

Steven has 20 years of broad industry experience, including 15 years experience in the oil & gas industry, having worked for several operators and service companies, including Baker Hughes, BP and Dana Petroleum Norway. He has significant experience in financial management and control, accounting process improvement and financial modelling.

Before joining AOC, Steven was a senior member of the finance team at Eland Oil & Gas PLC, where he was responsible for treasury and corporate finance.

Steven is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA Qualified) with a BA (Honours) in Business Studies from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

Richard Beattie

Chief Operating Officer

Richard has 20 years of industry experience in the oil and gas exploration business, with significant expertise in petroleum accounting, joint ventures, business planning, LEAN and process improvement.

Richard was formerly the Business Finance Manager of Dana Petroleum, with financial responsibility for all Operated UK and African assets. He also held direct financial and commercial responsibility for Dana’s Non-Operated Business.

Before Dana, he spent 13 years with Hess Corporation and held various senior roles, namely Country Finance, Planning and Commercial Manager (Denmark), Accounting and Business Performance Manager (Malaysia) and Business Performance Specialist (Houston).

Richard is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA Qualified) with a BA (Honours) in Business Studies from The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Board of Directors:

Dr. Kenneth Gerard Pereira

Director

Zainal Abidin Jalil

Chairman

Anasuria Operating Company Limited (AOC)

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Dr. Kenneth Gerard Pereira

Chairman

Zainal Abidin Jalil

Director

Lauren Forbes

FINANCE MANAGER

Peter Kavanagh

Chief Operating Officer

Rebecca Main

Transformation Manager

Iain Heneghan

Operations Manager

Morag Kidd

HSEQ Manager

Steven Archibald

Commercial Manager

Richard Beattie

Chief Operating Officer