Management

Chief Executive Officer

A native-born Alaskan, Max Easley has over thirty years of experience as an energy executive, balanced between domestic and international experience in the upstream industry. Over the course of his career, Max has held executive roles at BP, Apache Corporation and PETRONAS. Max has considerable technical and financial leadership skills that have yielded material value growth and differentiated competitive results everywhere he has been.

Max graduated from the University of Alaska in 1991 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. Following his early days as an engineer on the North Slope of Alaska, he moved to the North Sea where he held a variety of operating and financial leadership roles. Following his subsequent time as CFO of BP Trinidad and Tobago, he returned to BP Alaska as SVP of Resource Management. Max joined Apache Corporation in 2016, became President of their Permian business in Midland Texas, and then SVP of Global Production in Houston. Max joined PETRONAS in 2022 as COO of their unconventional Montney gas business. Over the past decade, Max has become a recognized industry leader in the capital efficient appraisal, development and operations of unconventional assets in North America.

Technical Director

Bob Rosenthal has over 40 years' experience in the oil and gas industry globally as an Exploration Geologist and Geophysicist. He has held various senior exploration positions and spent a large part of his career at Exxon and at BP, where he gained key relevant regional experience in the geology of North Slope of Alaska and of Texas. Since 1999, Bob has run his own successful consulting business and has led the exportation efforts of a number of private and public companies.

Senior Vice President Engineering

Tony Beilman has 40+ years’ experience drilling / completions experience. Phillips Petroleum, David Arrington Oil & Gas, Novus Petroleum & Foreland Operating Company. Barnett Shale, Eagleford, Marcellus and Midland Basin operations.

Chief Commercial Director / General Counsel Alaska

Pat Galvin is the former Alaska State Commissioner of Revenue, Former Petroleum Land Manager for the Alaska Dept of Natural Resources, overseeing the State’s oil and gas leasing program. Former partner at K&L Gates

Senior Vice President for Finance and International Investment

Justin Hondris has over 15 years’ experience in public company management in the upstream oil and gas sector and has wide ranging experience in corporate finance, private equity and capital markets in the UK and abroad. Prior to Pantheon, Justin held a senior position in the private equity sector where he gained valuable experience in both investment and exit strategies for growth companies.

Group Financial Controller

CPA, former Senior Manager, BDO USA, and CFO Great Bear Petroleum

Chief Financial Officer

Philip (Phil) Patman, Jr. has more than 30 years of experience in finance operations, capital formation, M&A / business development, and law for companies engaged in global energy and infrastructure markets. He has previously served as CFO of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY, LSE:EGY), Soluna Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SLNH), and MacroFab, Inc. (a private company). Phil has also led business development and M&A groups in the US, Asia, and the UK for companies such as Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production, AES Corporation, Franklin Templeton Investments, the UK’s Globeleq Limited, Marathon Oil Corporation, and Enron Corp. He is a licensed attorney in the state of Texas, and a member of CFA Institute.