Supervisory Board

Marcel has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector. He is the Chair of Atlas Invest, a private holding company he founded in 2007, which is engaged in investments across the broad energy spectrum. He is also Chairman of Energy at Carlyle. Previously he was Head of Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP) from 2014 – 2022. CIEP focuses on the energy sector outside North America with a particular focus on oil and gas: upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field services.

Marcel is also Chair of ONE-DYAS, Vice Chair of Moeve, Co-Chair of TES, Vice Chair of Energy Intelligence Group and a nonexecutive Director of Discover Exploration, SierraCol and Black Sea Oil & Gas. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of WCS in New York, The Wildlife Conservation Society.

Marcel has a degree in Agricultural Business Administration from the University of Wageningen and a Master’s in Business Administration from the William E.Simon School of Management of the University of Rochester, USA.

Russell is CEO of Vitol, a global energy company with an asset portfolio spanning power, oil, gas production, energy retail and renewables.

He has over 30 years’ experience within the energy industry, joining Vitol in 1993 from BP. He has held a number of trading and management roles in Singapore and London, and holds a MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London.

Joost is a Senior Adviser to Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), based in Brussels.

Prior to CIEP, he was a partner of Atlas Invest, a private investment company majority-owned by Marcel van Poecke. Between 1999-2007, Joost was Director of Corporate Strategy at the refining company, Petroplus, where he had both M&A as well as operational responsibilities. His career in the energy sector started in 1993 as an oil trader.

He has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Utrecht (NL).

Besides being an SB member, Joost is also a member of our Remuneration Committee.

Jay joined Vitol in 2009 and is focused on investment opportunities in Europe, Africa and Latin America. He is
Investment Director and Partner at Vitol, based in London. Prior to joining Vitol, he worked in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Global Energy Group.

Jay holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Besides being an SB member, he is a member of both our Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Bendik is a Managing Director for Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), based in London. He brings significant M&A experience in the energy industry, including CIEP’s investments in Assala Energy, Nouryon and Moeve. He also holds expertise in commodity price risk management and financing, having successfully financed and refinanced a number of CIEP portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2016, Bendik worked in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in London on M&A transactions and capital raising in the energy sector.

Bendik received a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick. Besides being a SB member, Bendik is Chair of our Audit Committee.