JHI was founded in 2011 by a highly dedicated, successful team with expertise in finding, financing and developing offshore plays. The company began its application for the Canje Block in 2013. Our decades of combined experience have allowed us to bring relationships with potential joint venture partners, service providers and investors to help secure JHI’s ability to fully develop our opportunities offshore Guyana.
Executive Team
John Cullen, CEO & Director
30 years experience in public company financing, corporate/ capital structuring and management
20+ years corporate experience in Guyana petroleum exploration
Founded a number of public international resource companies following 15 years in the Canadian investment industry
Andres Tinajero, CFO
Over 20 years experience supporting a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, mining, manufacturing and technology
Served as CFO and Vice President of Finance for several mid-sized public companies
Frederick Cedoz, President & Director
Attorney specializing in energy industry mergers and acquisitions, structuring and financing international oil and gas projects
Over 15 years advising institutional investors on the politics of energy
Government clients have included: Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Republic of Congo, Ecuador, the United States Department of Energy and the Canadian provinces of Alberta & Saskatchewan
Richard Boyce, Executive Vice President & Director
More than 33 years in worldwide oil and gas development as geoscientist and engineer
Former Chief Geophysicist for Hunt Oil with significant deepwater exploration expertise including: Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone and Togo
Led Hunt’s onshore Guyana exploration
Proven oil finder: >300 MMBO in Yemen adding 50,000 bbl to daily production
Brian Maxted, Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors
Joined JHI in 2020 and brings over three decades of experience in providing strategic guidance to the Company
He is currently Director of Limatus Energy Advisory Ltd. and former Co-Founder and CEO of Kosmos Energy.
Business Team
Scott Young, Vice President, Corporate Development
Expertise in natural resources finance
Extensive institutional finance networks in North and South America, Europe and Hong Kong
Bill Hayes, Counsel
More than 40 years of experience as a lawyer representing international oil & gas companies
Over 12 years with Kosmos Energy, first as General Counsel and later as Senior VP – External Affairs
General Counsel for two LSE-AIM listed oil and gas companies with operations in Russia and Europe
In-house and external legal counsel for numerous public and private oil and gas companies operating or investing in over 30 countries, from Bangladesh to Ukraine. Expatriate in Cairo, Egypt
Kevin Sylvester, Strategic Advisor, International New Ventures
Nearly 40 years of professional experience as a subsurface geotechnical specialist with both major and independent oil companies
Focus areas include: Guyana, North Sea, Russia/FSU, West Africa and the Middle East
Represents JHI in the European market
Works closely with senior management on identification of international new venture opportunities
John Gorman, Strategic Advisor
40+ year career in financial/corporate development capacities
hands-on experience and senior credentials in commercial bank resource exploration and production and asset-based lending and workout, domestic and international energy exploration asset acquisition and farmout, and technology and project consulting across the natural resource sector.
Worked with stakeholders, management, major industry partners, government officials and state oil and gas companies in over 50 OECD and non-OECD developed and developing countries.