Dana Petroleum
Executive Board Members
Dr. SEONG-HOON KIM, Chairman
Geologist, Director and Senior Executive Vice President of KNOC. Dr. Kim has been with KNOC for the past 27 years and has held the position of Executive Vice President for New Ventures & Business Exploration as well as other senior management positions within the New Ventures and Exploration division of KNOC.
CHANG-KOO KANG
Mr. Kang is a Corporate Financial Specialist, and holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Pusan National University. He has held the position of Finance Team Senior Manager at Korea National Oil Corporation, 100% owned by the Korean Government since February 1, 2005. He held financing for the merger and acquisition of PetroTech Peruana S.A., Peru, Harvest Energy, and Sumble JSC, Kazakhstan while in office. He is currently Vice President of Finance Management Department, KNOC. Mr. Kang graduated with an MBA from Sogang Business School, Sogang University, Korea.
Dr. JIN SEOK YI
Dr Yi holds the position of Executive Vice President with KNOC. He achieved his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Seoul National University and has spent 28 years with the organisation
Executive Board Directors & Officers
Dr MARCUS RICHARDS
Group Chief Executive Officer
Marcus brings a wealth of experience to this new role having held a number of Senior (Executive) positions across the Exploration, Production and Refining sectors over his 27 year career. This has included Senior Vice President in the BP corporate headquarters in London covering Upstream E&P and Downstream Refining businesses, Director and Business Unit Leader, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited for BP’s North Sea businesses and latterly running a consultancy business providing advice to a range of E&P companies and the financial sector. A significant proportion of his career has been spent outside the UK and Europe with assignments in the US, Australia, China and Indonesia. He holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD, and is an alumni of Harvard University.
DAVID CRAWFORD
Group Chief Financial Officer
David is a highly experienced finance professional with 25 years experience working in the oil and gas industry. This has included 17 years working for Total in Aberdeen and London with the last 8 years as Head of Corporate Accounting in Aberdeen. David joins Dana Petroleum from Dolphin Drilling where he has been CFO, Director and Company Secretary for the last 5 ½ years where he was responsible for all financial matters for UK and International operations. He holds a BSc (Hons.) in Economics and has been a qualified accountant for 20 years.
EUGENE SYNN
Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Synn has led various acquisitions for KNOC, including Harvest Energy in 2009 and Dana in 2010. He has been with KNOC for 27 years under the position of Vice President of New Ventures. Mr. Synn completed his Bachelors degree in Geology at Pusan National University.