Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc has appointed Lonny Baumgardner as chief operating officer with immediate effect.
Mr Baumgardner trained as a petroleum engineer and has 30 years’ experience in oil and gas operations.
For more than 25 years, he has worked internationally across upstream operations, including several years based in Morocco, Egypt, Tanzania, Australia, Saudi Arabia (with Saudi Aramco), Canada, and the USA (with ExxonMobil).
Most recently he worked for SDX Energy Inc in Morocco and London and is experienced in the upstream and downstream gas sector in the Rharb Basin.
Mr Baumgardner has managed multi-faceted operations across joint ventures, government agencies, geographic challenges and multicultural differences, to ensure business needs are achieved.
He has also operated at board level in small to medium-sized exploration and production companies, delivering value to shareholders.