Apart from 30 odd million in cash the board would be befitting...

Apart from 30 odd million in cash the board would be befitting of a major.

This really has the potential for some serious moves.

As such should trade at a premium from day one.






Directors and Senior Management


Mr John Alexander Manzoni as Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Manzoni is a highly experienced international oil and gas executive. During his 24 years with BP he held a number of positions including Chief Executive of Refining and Marketing, spanning six businesses across 100 countries. Whilst with BP he became a leading member of the executive team that helped BP grow to become one of the world’s largest energy companies. He also managed the integration of acquired companies, including the origination and leading of the acquisition of Amoco, then the largest industrial merger in business history.

He was Chief Executive Officer of Talisman Energy from 2007 to 2012 and led the company through a period of significant growth to a market capitalisation of US$30 billion. He was named International Business Leader of the Year in 2010 by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of SAB Miller. Mr Manzoni currently resides in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Manzoni graduated from Imperial College with a Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science (MSC) degree in Petroleum Engineering. He also has a Master of Science (MSC) in Management from Stanford University where he was Sloan Fellow.

Mr Paul Campbell Atherley as Managing Director

Mr Atherley graduated in mining engineering from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College in 1982 and has over 25 years’ industry operating experience.Mr Atherley has over 25 years’ industry operating experience. He was an Executive Director of the Investment Bank arm of HSBC Australia where he undertook a range of advisory roles in the resources sector. During this period he completed a number of acquisitions and financings of resource projects in Australia, South East Asia, Africa and Western Europe.

He is an experienced Managing Director with well established relationships in China as well as the London and Australian capital markets. Mr Atherley has been resident in Beijing since 2005. He is the Vice Chairman of the China Britain Business Council and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the European Union Energy Working Group in Beijing. Mr Atherley was appointed a Director of Leyshon Resources Limited in May 2004.

Mr Kim Michael Sebastian Howell as Non-Executive Director

Mr Kim Howell is a highly experienced international oil and gas executive with 40 years of experience with BG Group plc and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). During his 25 years career with ARCO, he held various management positions in Mergers & Acquisition, Assets Management, Reservoir Engineering, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations. He was Vice President for Commercial, responsible for BG Group’s global commercial functions. He became Group Head of the Mergers & Acquisition department of BG Group plc and was responsible for over 90 transactions totalling more than $22 billion.

He has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has been a director of BG subsidiary companies and is currently a director of a UK property management limited company. Mr Howell currently resides in the United Kingdom.

Peter Niu as Chief Financial Officer

Mr Niu has 20 years’ experience and has held senior financial positions with certain multinational companies in China including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sino Gold, Eastman Kodak, Philips Electronics, and South China Morning Post Group. He joined Leyshon Resources in 2008 and is currently Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at Leyshon Energy. He graduated from Australian National University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and a MBA from Deakin University. He is a FCPA (Aust) and is a board member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, North China section.

Guifu (Frank) Fu as Chief Operating Officer

Guifu (Frank) Fu has 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector and has worked for Leyshon Resources since 15 September 2012. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Leyshon Energy/PAPL, where he is responsible for managing and leading all of PAPL’s operations, planning and technical activities in China and representing PAPL in relation to all PSC relationships. Prior to joining PAPL, Frank was Chief Operating Officer of SINO Gas & Energy and has also held roles at ConocoPhillips (Phillips) China Inc., Shanxi Hedong CBM Company, Ltd and Coal Geology and Exploration Company. He has a B.S. in geology and exploration, from Shanxi Mining College, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.