Neptune Energy Expands Its Team with New Appointments

Neptune Energy has made three senior appointments, based in its Aberdeen and London offices.

Pete Jones has joined Neptune Energy as UK managing director.

Most recently Jones held the position of managing director of Taqa Europe. He has over 25 years’ international experience in the upstream oil and gas sector.

Ian Conacher, current UK country director, will continue to work within Neptune; initially assisting Pete and then focusing on business transformation objectives, the company said.

Furthermore, Bruce Webb will take up the global position of vice president, Operations, later this month.

Webb most recently worked with DNO, where he held the position of COO, based in Dubai.

He is a Chemical Engineer by education with over 25 years’ experience, the majority of which was gained at BP.

Andrea Guerra will also be joining Neptune in August as vice president, Corporate, Reservoir Engineering.

Guerra will be relocating from Houston to take up this new position. She joins from Apache where she started her career following the completion of her MSc in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Most recently she held the position of corporate manager of Reserves and Economics.

Jim House, chief executive officer of Neptune Energy, said: “I am very pleased to announce these appointments today. They all have an outstanding track record in their field and speak clearly to our values. I am confident that each one of these new leaders will play a major part in shaping the next exciting phase of Neptune’s strategy to become a leading international independent E&P Company.”