Management
Our management team has extensive experience in delivering large and complex projects in Kazakhstan, supported by decades of collective technical, operational and sector knowledge.
Kaat Van Hecke
Chief Executive Officer
Kaat Van Hecke was appointed as Chief Executive Officer effective from 16 December 2019 and previously as a non-executive Director in December 2016. From 2013-2016 she served as Managing Director and Senior Vice President of the Austrian Upstream business at Österreichische Mineralölverwaltung (OMV). Kaat has 24 years experience in the oil and gas industry, having worked with ExxonMobil, OMV and Shell on projects in Austria, Russia, Nigeria, The Netherlands and Belgium. Ms Van Hecke holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and a Master in General Management from the Vlerick Management School, Belgium.
Kaat Van Hecke
Chief Executive Officer
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Martin Cocker
INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Non-Executive Director
Mr Cocker was appointed interim CFO with effect from 1st April 2020. Mr Cocker was appointed as a Director on 16 November 2017. Mr Cocker is a chartered accountant with over 30 years’ business experience. He has held several line management, project leader and CEO level positions and currently is an Non-Executive Director and chairman of the audit committee at Etalon Group PLC and TCS Group Holdings PLC, both of which are Russia-based entities listed on the London Stock Exchange, at a UK National Health Service Foundation Trust and at a UK Building Society. Mr Cocker is a member of the investment committee of Pride Capital, and previously held senior positions with Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Amerada Hess.
Martin Cocker
INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Non-Executive Director
Robert Tinkhof
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Robert Tinkhof joined Nostrum Oil & Gas as its new Chief Operating Officer in February 2019. Prior to this he has held several senior management positions, most recently as Managing Director at the Scientific Research Institute of KMG for Production & Technology in Kazakhstan. Mr. Tinkhof has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry mainly with Royal Dutch Shell with assignments in the Netherlands, UK, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Russia.
Robert Tinkhof
Chief Operating Officer
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Arkadi Epifanov
Chief Commercial Officer
Arkadi Epifanov is Chief Commercial Officer, as of Friday 13 January 2017. Prior to this, he was appointed as marketing consultant of Zhaikmunai LLP in 2009. Mr Epifanov has over 20 years experience in senior management and directorial positions in the oil and gas industry, having held positions in Nafta, Transoil, Lukoil, Litasco and Baltic Oil Terminal. He has worked in the oil sector across diverse regions including Finland, Belgium, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the British Isles. Mr Epifanov holds qualifications in economics from Leipziger University.
Arkadi Epifanov
Chief Commercial Officer
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Daulet Tulegenov
Group QHSE Manager
Daulet Tulegenov was appointed as Head of QHSE Department on 1 October 2018. Mr Tulegenov has over 15 years experience working in both onshore and offshore E&P, and has taken part in major projects for Chevron, Shell, Lukoil, Tengizchevroil and CNPC companies in Kazakhstan. He is a graduate of Tyumen State Oil & Gas University, Russian Federation.
Daulet Tulegenov
Group QHSE Manager
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Thomas Hartnett
Chief Legal Officer, Company Secretary and Acting Head of Human Resources
Thomas Hartnett was appointed as General Counsel of Nostrum Oil & Gas on 5 September 2008, as Company Secretary on 3 October 2013 and as Acting Head of Human Resources on 13 January 2020. Mr. Hartnett was previously a partner in the international law firm White & Case LLP, where he focused on cross border corporate and mergers and acquisitions transactions. He worked in the firm’s New York, Istanbul, London, Brussels and Bangkok offices over a 16-year period. Mr. Hartnett also served as Senior Corporate Counsel for Intercontinental Hotels Group from 1996 to 1998. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law and is a member of the New York Bar.
Thomas Hartnett
Chief Legal Officer, Company Secretary and Acting Head of Human Resources
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