Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of oil industry experience with various companies with particular management and operational experience in Africa, CIS and China. He was Chief Operating Officer for the Cluff Group of Companies from 1996-2000. He joined Glencore in 2000 as senior upstream oil manager for Glencore worldwide, looking after projects that included a 280,000 bblpd production venture and exploration projects in Africa and South America.