Andrew Philip Roberts

Mr Andrew Philip Roberts, aged 67, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from January 1, 2024. Mr Roberts is a qualified chartered accountant of the Institute of England and Wales who obtained a BA (Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Manchester. Following his qualification, Mr Roberts gained extensive experience working as an auditor with the global auditing firm of Deloitte during his formative professional years. From 1993 onwards until 2012, Mr Roberts held senior leadership positions in finance at the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, Shell Group, which included the following appointments: Executive Vice President of Finance in Shell Trading London, Chair of the Supervisory Board in Shell Asset Management, Executive Vice President of Finance in Shell Gas and Power, Executive Vice President of Finance in Shell Retail, Executive Vice President of Finance in Shell Trading North America, Shell Trading Controller and Compliance Officer. His responsibilities whilst at the Shell Group included strategy, planning, corporate governance, compliance, regulatory, risk management and treasury functions and also overall supervision and management of a large global finance team of 430 officers located in overseas offices. Mr Roberts brought a wealth of experience to these roles, exemplifying a demonstrable ability to strategize, plan and successfully operationalize broad and complex portfolios within a robust risk, control and compliance framework.

In addition, Mr Roberts’ most recent role was Chief Financial Officer at Shelf Drilling in Dubai where he developed the finance, treasury, tax, internal audit function and associated IT systems with operations in multiple countries pre-IPO.