Chris Matchette-Downes

2015 to present day: Helium Resources Limited, Director & geochemist

• Thirty eight years global exploration experience; petroleum geology, wellsite, business development and project management
  
  
• Built G&G teams; bid on, secured & worked up UKCS, African and Caribbean acreage
  
  
• Set up and promoted Jamaica's 1st and 2nd oil & gas exploration rounds
  
  
• Managing for TPDC, the promotion of the 3rd Tanzanian round
  
  
• Founder and director of MDOIL, CaribX Ltd, Adamantine Energy Ltd and Helium Resources Ltd
  
  
• Founder member of EAX
  
  
• Former Non-Executive director of Cluff Natural Resources
  
  
• Advisor to petroleum geochemical consultancy APT
  
  
• Identified, confirmed and pursued exploration opportunities for the Lower Mesozoic Western Indian Ocean oil & gas play and the Upper Nicaraguan Rise oil & gas play
  
  
• CGEOL, MSc, BSc