Dr. David Mestres Ridge

Dr. Mestres Ridge worked first for Total Oil Marine (1998-2000) and then worked as an independent M&A and business development advisor to oil companies active in the North Sea and North Africa (2000-2006). From 2006-2008 he was a Vice-President at the Royal Bank of Canada, first in the Global Investment Banking Oil and Gas team and then in the Equity Research team. In 2008-2009 he briefly managed Petrodel Resources, a company active in Tanzania. In 2009-2010 he worked with Black Marlin Energy during its IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Dr. Mestres Ridge has a BSc in Applied Geology, an MSc in Mining Geology, a PhD in Chemical Engineering and an LLM in Law.