Non-Executive Director
Board Member
Victoria Oil and Gas Plc
South Africa
Roger Kennedy Non-Exec Director Roger joined the Board of Directors in July 2016. Roger is currently Chairman of KCP Limited, a family office investing in public and private equity, having previously served as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2007. In 2012, Roger co-founded QKR Corporation Limited, a diversified mining investment company backed by sovereign funds, institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals and served as a director until 2014. Over the same period, he served as a director and Head of Business Development for Star Petroleum Limited, an upstream E&P company with oil licenses in Libya, South Sudan, Uganda, Angola, Nigeria and the Caspian Sea. Prior to 2012, Roger was Managing Director and Head of the Energy & Natural Resources Group, Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, where he rebuilt and managed a large Asia Pacific based team focused on Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, Power and Chemicals. From 1994 to 2000 Roger was Head of the Latin American Industrials Group (Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, Utilities, Infrastructure and Construction) and member of the M&A, Debt Capital Markets, Telecom and Natural Resources Investment Banking teams at Salomon Brothers Inc. Roger graduated from Oxford University with a D.Phil./PhD in Economics and Politics, holds a Juris Doctorate from New York University and is a member of the New York Bar Association. Roger Kennedy Non-Exec Director Roger joined the Board of Directors in July 2016. Roger is currently Chairman of KCP Limited, a family office investing in public and private equity, having previously served as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2007. In 2012, Roger co-founded QKR Corporation Limited, a diversified mining investment company backed by sovereign funds, institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals and served as a director until 2014. Over the same period, he served as a director and Head of Business Development for Star Petroleum Limited, an upstream E&P company with oil licenses in Libya, South Sudan, Uganda, Angola, Nigeria and the Caspian Sea. Prior to 2012, Roger was Managing Director and Head of the Energy & Natural Resources Group, Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, where he rebuilt and managed a large Asia Pacific based team focused on Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, Power and Chemicals. From 1994 to 2000 Roger was Head of the Latin American Industrials Group (Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, Utilities, Infrastructure and Construction) and member of the M&A, Debt Capital Markets, Telecom and Natural Resources Investment Banking teams at Salomon Brothers Inc. Roger graduated from Oxford University with a D.Phil./PhD in Economics and Politics, holds a Juris Doctorate from New York University and is a member of the New York Bar Association.
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