Board of Directors

Philip Jackson has over 35 years’ experience in investments and corporate finance in energy and infrastructure projects.

He was the founder and former Chief Executive of J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s $860 million Asian Infrastructure and Related Resources Opportunity Fund and until March 2020 he was a partner of Kerogen Capital Partners Limited. Since March 2021 he is a senior advisor to and has been asked to join the board of Arctic Green Energy Corporation (one of the world’s leading geothermal district heating businesses, primarily in Asia). He is also chairman of OneWater Group Limited which provides utility water treatment technologies around the world. He started his career with the energy team at Ashurst LLP before moving to its client Trafalgar House plc, then one of the UK’s leading independent oil and gas companies.

Philip is a Fellow of the Energy Institute. He graduated with an MA in law from the University of Cambridge and qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in England.

Ross was appointed CEO in 2024, having been COO since 2023 and before that responsible for both new business and project development since he joined the Company in 2017.

Prior to joining Star Energy, he ran a UK based renewable energy project development company with a focus on onshore wind. Ross started his career in Southern Africa managing capital projects in the mineral processing and mining sector. After moving to the UK in 2003, he worked for one of the UK’s largest public sector leasing and managed equipment services companies where he was responsible for corporate acquisitions, disposals and structured finance.

Ross holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from Warwick Business School.

Frances is a qualified accountant with over 15 years’ senior management experience within the international oil and gas sector.

Her previous experience includes 11 years at Nexen Energy (now part of CNOOC) in various senior finance roles in their London and Calgary offices.

Frances joined Star Energy in 2017 as Group Financial Controller, then assuming overall responsibility for the finance function as Finance Director in July 2020 and was appointed as CFO in September 2022.

Kate is currently Non-executive Director at Serica Energy plc, an AIM listed, independent UK natural gas producer, and Plant Healthcare plc.

Kate initially worked for CIBC World Markets as a research analyst before joining Harrison Lovegrove in 2000 where she moved into transaction execution. Following the acquisition of Harrison Lovegrove by Standard Chartered Bank in September 2007, Kate continued in oil and gas M&A transactions. In 2014, she was appointed Managing Director, Oil & Gas Corporate Finance, where she was responsible for origination and execution of transactions for European clients, a position she held until leaving Standard Chartered Bank in 2020.

Anthony has over thirty five years experience in international power markets and low carbon economy from capital markets analytical and industry strategy roles.

His key responsibilities included being lead analyst for the top ranked energy team at investment bank, James Capel, who advised the UK Government on privatising the power sector. As Head of Citigroup’s pan-European power team he also oversaw market liberalisation in other European markets. He was also National Grid’s Group Head of Strategy in the 1990’s.

In 2003, Anthony was one of the founders of Climate Change Capital, a specialist low carbon advisory and asset management business. He has been heavily involved in UK energy and power market policy participating in numerous UK Government advisory bodies including the Energy Advisory Panel, Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Reform, Energy Networks Strategy Group and the Nuclear Liability Financing Assurance Board.  He was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to UK energy policy.

Anthony is currently a Non-executive Board Director of Green Energy Options and the Triple Point Energy Transition Trust.

Aneliya is a highly experienced energy executive with over 18 years in power projects execution and asset management. She brings a wealth of expertise in building from scratch and running renewable energy generation businesses, as well as in assisting businesses with their energy transition strategies.

Aneliya is currently a Strategic Advisor to NTR PLC, a successful fund manager that has invested in and built close to 3GW of renewables assets across Europe and the US. She also sits on the investment committee of Globeleq – a power industry leader with a focus on emerging markets.

Prior to this Aneliya was a CEO of Silver Ridge Power, a multi-billion renewables portfolio company of Riverstone and The AES Corporation. In additional she has held executive, non-executive and advisory positions with The AES Corporation, Trafigura, Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas, the International Finance Corporation and KPMG.