Chris Bruijnzeels
Chairman and Director
Mr. Bruijnzeels has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has been Chairman of ShaMaran Petroleum since 2019. Previously, he was President, CEO and Director of ShaMaran from 2015 until 2019. From 2003 until 2015, Mr. Bruijnzeels was Senior Vice President Development at Lundin Petroleum where he was responsible for operations, reserves and the development of the asset portfolio. In 1998, he joined PGS Reservoir Consultants in the UK where he worked as Principal Reservoir Engineer and Director of Evaluations. From 1985 until 1998, Mr. Bruijnzeels worked for Shell International in the Netherlands, Gabon and Oman in several reservoir engineering functions. Mr. Bruijnzeels was born in the Netherlands in 1959 and is a graduate of Delft University where he obtained a degree in Mining Engineering.