Rockhopper Exploration

Company Profile


The Team


Dr Pierre Jungels CBE

Executive Chairman

Dr Pierre Jungels CBE

Dr Jungels, a geology graduate of the University of Liege, Belgium (1967) and holder of a PhD in Geophysics & Hydraulics at the California Institute of Technology (1973), began his career in the oil industry as a petroleum engineer at Shell International. In 1974 he joined PetroFina SA - initially as a reservoir engineer - where he spent over twenty years in various roles, including those of Managing Director of the company's Angolan operations, and Managing Director & Chief Executive of Fina plc in the UK. In addition, from 1989-1995, he was an executive director of the holding company in Brussels.

In 1996 he took up the position of Managing Director of Exploration and Production at British Gas plc. In late 1996, he became Chief Executive of Enterprise Oil plc (then Europe's largest independent exploration and production group) which he led for five years, overseeing the group's expansion in the US Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. He has twice been President of the Institute of Petroleum, now part of the newly created Energy Institute, and was chairman of the Centre for Marine & Petroleum Technology.

He currently holds non-executive directorships at Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Baker Hughes Inc, is the Senior Independent Director of Imperial Tobacco PLC and is chairman of Aim listed Oxford Catalysts.

Dr Jungels joined the board in February 2005.

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Dr Pierre Jungels CBE
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Sam Moody
Managing Director

Peter Dixon-Clarke
Finance Director

Dave Bodecott
Exploration Director

John Crowle
Non-executive Director

Chris Walton
Non-executive Director