Predator appoints Tom Evans as NED

Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc has appointed Tom Evans as non-executive director with immediate effect.

Mr Evans has 33 years in the industry and the City, starting his career as a financial executive with Extel Financial Ltd, before moving to Corporate Broking at Barclays de Zoete Wedd Ltd.

He then transferred to the global resources lending team of Barclays Capital Ltd project, financing resource projects across the globe.

Mr Evans moved to London with RBC Dominion Securities Ltd as a specialist resources equity salesman, before joining CIBC World Markets Ltd as a director focusing on resource equities from an institutional sales and trading perspective.

He founded Bishopsgate Capital Management Ltd in 2000 dealing in institutional fund management and hedge fund strategies for CTA funds.

Bishopsgate merged with Athanor Capital Partners Ltd, where Mr Evans was chief investment officer, expanding all the combined entities FSA regulated permitted businesses.

He established TME Consulting creating UCITS compliant umbrella structure to be marketed to both retail and wholesale clients.

Mr Evans was CEO and founder of the Caplain group created to acquire stockbroking and wealth management entities and Aerarius PCC Ltd (Guernsey) fund structure for European investment strategies.  

In 2017 he joined Pennpetro Energy plc (PPP) initially as a consultant and then latterly as CEO, and successfully led a pre IPO funding round before introducing the company to the standard segment of the London Stock Exchange.  

Mr Evans is approved by the Financial Services Authority (UK) Ltd for the following control functions – CF1 director, CF3 chief executive, CF8 appointment & oversight, CF27 investment management.

He has recently focused on private companies and intellectual property developing energy transition, carbon capture, green/blue hydrogen production, and waste-to-energy corporate enterprises globally.