George Maxwell

George has over 25 years of oil industry experience in both the producing and service/manufacturing arena. He was Business Development Manager for Addax and, prior to this, Commercial Manager in Geneva. George joined Addax in 2004 and held the General Manager’s position in Nigeria where he was responsible for finance, and fiscal and commercial activities.

Prior to this, George worked with ABB Oil & Gas as Vice President of finance based in the UK with respon sibilities for Europe and Africa. He held a similar position in Houston, from where the organisation ran its operations in 10 countries. George was Finance Director in Singapore for Asia Pacific and Middle East, handling currency swaps and minimising exposures during the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s.

George graduated from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen with a Masters in Business Administration. He was appointed to the Board in September 2009 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in September 2014.

George is a Fellow of the Energy Institute in the UK.