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

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