Samuel Malin

Mr Malin is a professional engineer with over 30 years' international business experience, particularly in Africa, and strong project management capabilities. Mr Malin founded Madagascar Oil, holding the position of CEO between 2003 and 2006 and then as Director to 2008, helping to raise $125 million and increasing the valuation of the company to over $1 billion. Between 2013 and 2014, he was CEO of Vanoil Energy Limited, a company with significant oil and gas exploration interests in east Africa. Currently, Mr Malin is Chairman of Burke's Peerage Limited and Frigate Exploration. Mr Malin has a strong communications and technology component to his background, having worked also for companies such as Dimension Data (now part of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph), Data Research International (part of McGraw-Hill) and Saladin (now within Fidelity National Information Services). He is also an Honorary Consul for the Republic of Lithuania. [Source: Public Company Filing]