Serica Energy Board

David Latin
David Latin

Non-Executive Chairman

  • Over 30 years' experience in the Energy sector
  • OMV Senior Vice President for NW Europe, Africa and Australasia (2011-2017)
  • CEO and Chair OMV Norway and Chair OMV UK (2011-2017)
  • Founded First Alpha Energy Capital in 2017, and Talaria Technology in 2021 supporting offshore wind and carbon storage
  • BP holding a number of global/regional business roles (1993-2011)
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica December 2021
Mitch Flegg
Mitch Flegg

Chief Executive Officer

  • Over 40 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including positions at Shell and Enterprise Oil
  • First joined Serica in 2006
  • Left Serica to become Chief Executive Officer of AIM-listed Circle Oil plc in 2015
  • Re-joined Serica as CEO in 2017
  • Board member of OEUK, the representative body for the UK’s offshore energies industry
  • Serica Board Committees: HSE Committee, Reserves Committee, Sustainability Committee
Martin Copeland
Martin Copeland

Chief Financial Officer

  • Over 30 years’ experience in oil and gas financing and advisory roles across a number of investment banks with extensive North Sea transaction and financing experience
  • Most recently Principal at energy advisory firm Kirk Lovegrove & Co. Ltd where he acted as adviser to Tailwind Energy on their sale to the Company in 2023 as well as advising JX Nippon on the sale of their UKCS business to Neo Energy 
  • Prior to that, led RBC’s EMEA energy team where he advised Premier Oil on their reverse takeover by Chrysaor to create Harbour Energy as well as Ithaca Energy on their acquisition by Delek
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica February 2024
Malcolm Webb
Malcolm Webb

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Joined Burmah Oil in 1974 as a legal adviser
  • Held senior legal and management roles at the British National Oil Corporation, Charterhouse Petroleum Plc and PetroFina SA
  • From 2000 to 2004, Director General of the UK Petroleum Industry Association
  • From 2004 until his retirement in 2015, Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK (formerly UKOOA)
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica in 2018
  • Committees: Nominations Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee
Kate Coppinger
Kate Coppinger

Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Over 20 years’ investment banking experience primarily focused on providing M&A advice to oil and gas companies
  • Career includes roles at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Harrison Lovegrove and most recently as Managing Director at Standard Chartered in the Oil and Gas team responsible for origination and execution of transactions for European clients.
  • Non-executive director of Igas Energy plc
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica April 2020
  • Committees: Remuneration Committee (Chair), Audit Committee, Nominations Committee
Jérôme Schmitt
Jérôme Schmitt

Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Over 30 years’ experience in the Energy and Mobility sector, with particular emphasis across Finance, Sustainability and Business streams
  • Career includes roles as Head of M&A and Chief Sustainability officer at TotalEnergies and Chairman of OGCI Executive Committee until 2021 
  • Developed and financed gas value chain projects in Middle East & Asia and created and led the Net Zero Businesses division of TotalEnergies 
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica in July 2022
  • Committees: Sustainability Committee (Chair), HSE Committee
Michiel Soeting
Michiel Soeting

Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Over 30 years’ experience in the audit and financial service sector, 20 of which in oil and gas
  • Former Global Lead partner and Global Head of Energy & Natural Resources at KPMG
  • Extensive financial expertise, strong governance, risk management and regulatory compliance 
  • A Chartered Accountant qualified in both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica in February 2023
  • Committees: Audit Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee, Reserves Committee
Rob Lawson
Robert Lawson

Non-Executive Director

  • Over 30 years' experience in oil, gas and power businesses including Mergers & Acquisitions, Commodity Trading and Corporate Transformation
  • Various roles held at BP over 32 years including Global Head of M&A, Commercial Vice President for BP's Refining & Marketing Segment and Global Head of Gas & Power Trading
  • Executive Vice President and a Group board member of Mercuria Energy since 2023
  • Non-Executive Director of Seacrest Petroleo since September 2023
  • Senior Independent Director for the British American Football Association
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica March 2023
  • Committees: Nominations Committee
Guillaume Vermersch
Guillaume Vermersch

Non-Executive Director

  • Over 30 years’ experience in Commodity Banking, Finance and Risk Management
  • Career includes roles at ING Bank and Credit Agricole in Paris and Geneva and as head of the Credit and Finance Risk department of Sempra Oil Trading for Europe and Asia. 
  • Group Chief Financial Officer and a Group board member of Mercuria Energy since 2004
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica March 2023
Kaat Van Hecke
Kaat Van Hecke

Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Over 25 years' experience in the petrochemicals and oil & gas business
  • Held positions with ExxonMobil, Shell, OMV and Nostrum in Belgium, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Austria and Kazakhstan.
  • Former roles include MD and Senior Vice President OMV Austria E&P (2013-2016) and interim CEO at Nostrum (2019-2020)
  • Independent non-executive director of Glover Gas & Power BV/ Axxela Ltd and Trinity Exploration and Production Plc
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica July 2023
  • Committees: HSE Committee (Chair), Reserves Committee (Chair), Audit Committee
Sian Lloyd Rees
Sian Lloyd Rees

Independent Non-Executive Director

  • Over 30 years' experience in Oil & Gas, IT and the Renewable Energy industries.
  • Career includes roles at Halliburton Corporation, Oracle Corporation and Aker Group and most recently as UK MD of Aker Horizons and Mainstream Renewable Power responsible for growing a renewable energy portfolio in offshore wind and hydrogen.
  • Non-executive director and co-chair of OEUK, non-executive director for the Net Zero Technology Centre and non-executive director of Port of Aberdeen.
  • Appointed to the Board of Serica July 2023
  • Committees: Remuneration Committee, Sustainability Committee
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