Management

Garrett Soden

Garrett Soden

President, CEO and Director

Mr. Garrett Soden has worked with the Lundin Group since 2007 and has extensive experience as a senior executive and board member of various public companies in the natural resources sector. Mr. Soden is currently Chairman of Africa Energy Corp. and a Non-Executive Director of Panoro Energy ASA. He holds a BSc honors degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Soden has been President, CEO and Director of ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. since May 2023.

Elvis Pellumbi

Elvis Pellumbi

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Pellumbi has 25 years of investing and capital market experience, with an exclusive focus on the global energy markets for the last 15 years. Most recently he held a senior advisory role to ShaMaran’s management team, focusing on debt advisory and M&A, including the recently closed acquisition of TotalEnergies affiliate holding an interest in the Sarsang block in the Kurdistan Region. As part of his previous mandates, Elvis has invested well in excess of USD 500 million in oil & gas companies focused in the Kurdistan Region since 2009 and is very familiar with the key players in the sector.

Alex C. Lengyel

Alex C. Lengyel

Chief Commercial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Alex C. Lengyel (CCO) has negotiated oil and gas transactions in over 20 countries for more than 25 years. He also has experience in energy project financings, bank finance, equipment leasing, U.S. securities, country debt restructuring and corporate matters (including oil and gas joint ventures and consortium work). Alex has worked at Marathon Oil, Hess, ConocoPhillips, Vinson & Elkins, Winston & Strawn and Shearman & Sterling and holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Notre Dame Law School and is a member of the New York bar. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Italy and holds a Bachelor of Music degree (violin performance) from Eastman School of Music.

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