Adrian Loader

Adrian Loader is currently Senior Advisor to the Board and will be appointed Non Executive Chairman of the company. Adrian has over 35 years experience in the energy industry across the globe on all continents, principally with Royal Dutch Shell where he held a wide range of senior line management and functional positions. Before retiring from Shell at the end of 2007 Adrian served as Strategy and Business Development Director for the Group prior to being appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Canada.

He now works in a non-executive capacity with a number of companies in different sectors. Adrian has an MA from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.