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Roger Brown joined Seplat and its board in July 2013, having previously been an advisor to the company since 2010, and was instrumental to setting up the London office for the company prior to listing on the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges (Main Board).
During his time at the company he steered the business through extremely challenging times during low oil prices and an 18-month period when the business was not producing oil due to a shut-in of its main oil pipeline.
He also put in place a total of $1.75billion of financing which included an inaugural $350million Eurobond as well as bringing in a number of top tier banks into the syndicate. He is responsible for reporting, corporate finance, investor relations, enterprise risk management, internal audit, commercial negotiations / contracts and business development. He currently runs a team of 55 people.
The Global group had some 70 professionals focused on the oil and gas. Brown headed the CEEMEAteam based in London focusing on Debt, Mezzanine and Equity investments in the sector. In addition to capital, the group also provided structuring advice and M&Aservices to both buy side and sell side clients.
He was a senior originator and structured all forms of financing for industry clients such as Project Finance, Structured Commodity Finance, Acquisition Finance, Corporate Lending and Debt Capital Markets.
Key achievements: He was instrumental in up-tiering the banks positioning in the markets with clients and also originating and closing some high-profile transactions.
Prior to focusing on the Oil and Gas sector, Brown previously led Standard Bank’s Renewable Energy and Power and Infrastructure teams based in London.
As Senior Manager in the Project Finance Department at Price Waterhouse Coopers, London focusing on providing advice to governments and private sector developers in the UK and Middle East.
At Coopers & Lybrand, he served as Manager in the corporate finance department, focusing on servicing of multinational companies with offices in Singapore. At the Coopers & Lybrand Edinburgh, Brown was the Manager in the audit department, focusing on manufacturing and industrial companies.