Ian Roche
In 1985, following an Earth Sciences degree at Oxford, Ian joined Amerada Hess Limited, as a geologist, working initially in the North Sea. He transferred to Hess' international business, in a new ventures role, in 1991. After joining OMV in Vienna in 1998, in a combined technical and commercial business development capacity, he successfully led the acquisition of Cultus Petroleum NL; the first international hostile takeover by an Austrian company. Ian returned to the UK in 2007 when he joined private equity firm EDP, where he put together the portfolio of onshore assets that now form the core of Aurora’s business.