Tethys benefits from a strong leadership team of considerable local and international experience across oil and gas exploration and production, banking and finance, and industry.

Chairman & Managing Director (Chief Executive Officer)

Dr David Robson (Aged 48)

David's career has been primarily in operating oil and gas companies. He founded CanArgo Energy Corporation, listed on the American Stock Exchange and Oslo Stock Exchange, in 1997, and is currently Non-Executive Chairman. He was Chief Executive Officer and one of the founders of the London Stock Exchange listed company JKX Oil & Gas plc and prior to this he was employed in technical and commercial positions in Britoil plc, Hamilton Oil and Mobil. Trained as a geologist with a First Class B.Sc (Hons) degree in Geology and PhD in Geochemistry, Dr. Robson also holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde.

He has worked on oil and gas projects in the former Soviet Union since 1990, establishing the first non-state gas development project in Ukraine, the first non-state drilling in the Ukrainian Black Sea, and the first non-state exploration and development wells in Georgia.  He is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS), a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), holds the Order of Honour for services to the Georgian hydrocarbon extraction industry and was formerly the energy sector representative on the UK government East European Trade Council (EETC).

Finance Director - Bernard Murphy (Aged 52)

 
Bernard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants (FCMA) and prior to joining the Company has been working in a network providing accounting and finance services to SME’s.  He has 30 years experience as a management accountant having previously worked for Courtaulds, BOC, BICC and for HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Limited as Finance Director, and in insurance with HSBC and Royal & Sun Alliance.  Prior to his finance career he was awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering from Glasgow University.

Administration Director - Liz Landles (Aged 45)

  
Liz has been an Officer and Corporate Secretary of CanArgo Energy Corporation since August 2002, having served as Assistant Corporate Secretary since December 2000. She became Executive Vice President of CanArgo in November 2005, having worked for the CanArgo since October 1997, principally in an administrative role and as a Director of several CanArgo subsidiaries including Tethys where she was appointed a Director upon incorporation in August 2003. She holds an Advanced Diploma of Business Administration and is a Fellow of The Institute of Business Administration (F.Inst.BA).

Senior Non-Executive Director - Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley MP (Aged 63)

 
Peter was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied natural science and economics. He was a Director of Greenwell Montagu Securities (1986-87) where he headed the oil investment department and which he joined in 1972. He is Non-Executive Director of J.P. Morgan Flemings Claverhouse Investment Trust plc and of IDOX plc and a Member of Advisory Board, School of Management, University of Southampton. He is currently MP for Hitchin & Harpenden. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson (1984-1987). His first ministerial appointment was as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (June 1987), then Financial Secretary to the Treasury (July 1989). He joined Mrs Thatcher's Cabinet as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1990-1992. Secretary of State for Social Security 1992-1997. Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party responsible for overseeing renewal of policy until June 1999. He was an election observer for the 2005 Kazakhstan presidential elections.

Non-Executive Director - Russ Hammond (Aged 65)

  
Russ was educated at St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Bachelors' degree in Economics.  He has served as a Non-Executive Director of CanArgo Energy Corporation since 1997. Previously, he was Managing Director of Greenwell-Montagu Securities.  Mr. Hammond has been Non-Executive Chairman of Terrenex Acquisition Corporation, an oil and gas and joint venture company, since 1992 and a Non-Executive Director of Questerre Energy Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the TSX, since 2000. He holds the Order of Honour for services to the Georgian hydrocarbon extraction industry.

Non-Executive Director - Colin Smith (Aged 38)

  
Colin is a Chartered Accountant and is currently Director of BDO Novus Limited, one of the largest independent firms of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers in Guernsey, and a member of BDO International, the sixth largest accounting and consulting organisation in the world.  He received a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Glasgow and qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland.  He serves on the Technical Committee of the Guernsey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants.

Non-Executive Director - Paul Murphy (Aged 43)

 
Paul is currently Managing Director of Krakken Financial Group, a Guernsey based investment and insurance provider.  Prior to joining Kraken, Paul was a Director of MeesPierson Reads, one of the largest financial institutions in Guernsey, having previously worked in London for Touche Ross and Grant Thornton’s International Tax Practice.  Paul was a Chartered Tax Advisor for over 15 years.