Roger joined Seplat as Chief Financial Officer in 2013. He has over 20 years’ experience in the financial sector, primarily focused on emerging markets with extensive experience in structuring energy and infrastructure transactions on the African continent. During his time at Seplat he was instrumental in completing the dual listing of the company on the main markets of the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges, which was the first for a Nigerian corporate.

Prior to joining Seplat he held the position of Managing Director of Oil & Gas EMEA for Standard Bank Group and prior to this, Senior Manager in the Corporate Finance department of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Roger has extensive financial, accounting, M&A, debt and equity capital markets experience in the emerging markets space, and in particular the African oil and gas sector. He has advised on and provided capital to some of the largest and highest profile transactions that have occurred across the African continent, including many of the asset divestments in the onshore Niger Delta undertaken by Shell, Total and ENI.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland.