James has over 12 years of experience gained in a range of corporate, commercial and financial leadership roles in the energy and technology sectors.  After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant at EY, James moved into the Corporate Finance team at Ithaca Energy and played an integral role in its growth into one of the largest UK-focused independent oil & gas companies. 

James is responsible for the management of the Group’s licence interests in the Netherlands and led the sale of the Group’s North Sea asset portfolio to Serica Energy in 2024. 

Paul is a senior geoscientist with over 15 years’ operator experience in the oil and gas industry spanning a diverse range of exploration and development projects from mature to frontier basins across Africa, Latin America and the UK. He has held technical and leadership roles at Perenco, Chariot Oil & Gas and most recently Siccar Point Energy, working on the Cambo and Rosebank field developments, West of Shetland. Paul joined The Parkmead Group as Subsurface Team Lead in 2022.

Paul holds a first-class honours degree in Geology and Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen, Masters of Petroleum Geoscience with distinction from Imperial College and is a Fellow of The Geological Society.

Donald is the Group’s Financial Controller. He has 15 years of experience primarily in the energy sector and has extensive knowledge of IFRS. Prior to joining Parkmead, Donald worked for another leading independent oil and gas company.

Donald qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).