John Kenny, Chairman

John Kenny has enjoyed an extensive career in the oil and gas sector where he has an excellent record of creating shareholder value. He co-founded the JP Kenny Group of Companies, which traded internationally in oil and gas engineering, sub-sea survey and inspection, and shipping. He was a founder of JP Kenny Exploration & Production Ltd, the forerunner of LSE listed JKX Oil & Gas plc. He holds a degree in chemical engineering from University College London and is an Honorary Fellow of the College.

Jeremy Eng, Managing Director

Managing Director Jeremy Eng has extensive experience in the independent oil and gas sector and a wide network of contacts within the sector. In his 23-year career in the industry he has specialised in operations and technical management for the independent sector. Prior to joining Ascent Resources, Jeremy was CEO of a private upstream gas company and Technical Director of WPN Resources Ltd, a Canadian junior-listed oil & gas company now called Grove Energy. Previously he worked for a successful petroleum engineering consultancy business. He started his career with Schlumberger and after earning a Master degree in petroleum engineering worked for Premier, Tullow and other independent operators.

Scott Richardson Brown, Executive Finance Director

Scott Richardson Brown is a qualified Chartered Accountant with wide experience working with AIM, FTSE 250 and FTSE 100 companies.  Beginning his career at Coopers & Lybrand’s (later PricewaterhouseCoopers) in the Banking and Capital Markets division, Scott then became a Partner in the Corporate Broking/Finance division of Oriel Securities Limited where he gained significant experience in a range of sectors including oil and gas.  His most recent role prior to joining Ascent was that of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations Director for CSR plc, a FTSE 250 semiconductor company, where, in addition to the day-to-day capital and corporate finance activities, he managed a number of corporate transactions.

Nigel Moore, Non-Executive Director

Nigel Moore is a Chartered Accountant and was a former partner at Ernst & Young for 30 years until 2003. For the last ten years at Ernst & Young he specialised in the oil and gas sector, advising large international companies, providing significant input to strategic options, new opportunities and delivering shareholder value. In addition to his other duties on the Board, he chairs Ascent’s Audit Committee.  Nigel is also on the Board of Hochschild Mining PLC, JKX Oil and Gas PLC as well as Sylvan Energy LLC, a US based exploration company.

Cameron Davies, Non-Executive Director 

Cameron Davies is an international energy sector specialist and the former Chief Executive of Alkane Energy plc.  He has an excellent track record of exploration success and growing profits in a quoted energy company. Beginning his career as a geologist, Dr. Davies has over 35 years' experience in the oil and gas sectors.  He founded AIM listed Alkane Energy plc in 1994 and managed the business from original concept through venture capital funding and an IPO, to become a profitable operator of gas to power generation plants using Coal Mine Methane as fuel. He has a PhD from Imperial College, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a member of the European Petroleum Negotiators Group, the London Energy Group and the PESGB.

Graham Cooper, Non-Executive Director

Graham Cooper has over 30 years' oil and gas technical and commercial experience, gained mainly in upstream positions.  A geologist and petrophysicist by background, his career has mainly focussed on Europe, with the exception of four years in the Middle East.  Graham is Head of Business Development at EnQuest PLC.  Prior to this Graham worked for Conoco and Shell in various senior  technical and business development roles including VP Commercial for Global Exploration at Shell's headquarters in The Hague.  Graham has exceptional deal-making skills and experience and was assessed a 'Champion Deal Leader' by Shell's Commercial Academy in 2007.  Graham served as a Director on the Board of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators from 2007 to 2011.