Formerly Chairman of PETROTRIN and the Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago, John is an experienced oil and gas industry professional.
An accountant by training, John is a graduate of the International Tax Programme of the Harvard Law School and spent his professional life in the public service of Trinidad and Tobago. In 1974, he was largely responsible for the design and successful implementation of Trinidad and Tobago’s petroleum taxation legislation. He was the first head of the Oil Audit Section of the Inland Revenue Division and a member of the Permanent Petroleum Pricing Committee. John has held numerous government positions and served as the Executive Director of the Technical Advisory Group
The Founding Chairman of the NiQuan Energy Trinidad Limited Board of Directors, he holds directorships on several boards of financial institutions and manufacturing enterprises and was awarded the nation's second highest honour, the Chaconia Gold Medal, for long and meritorious service to Trinidad and Tobago.
Alison Lewis served for over 29 years in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, 11 of them in the role of Permanent Secretary. From 2001 to 2003, Alison also served as an advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
The Vice Chair of the NiQuan Energy Trinidad Limited Board of Directors, Alison has also served as a member of a number of Public Sector Boards of Directors including the Boards of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission, the Unit Trust Corporation, and the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund.
She presently serves as a member on some private sector Boards of Directors including Republic Bank Trinidad and Tobago Limited and the Trinidad Cement Limited.
Alison holds a BA in Economics and Management from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, and became a distinguished awardee on the occasion of the UWI Alumni's 25th anniversary. More recently, Alison was awarded the Public Service Gold Medal of Merit from the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Establishing the Company in 2008, Ainsley is the visionary and pivotal driver behind the Company’s success.
Under his leadership, the Company achieved the milestone of becoming the first commercially viable small-scale GTL facility in the world and the first GTL facility within the Western Hemisphere. Ainsley believes that GTL is the transition solution for hard-to-abate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting industries. With Ainsley’s ambitious and fully achievable growth plan to creating multiple facilities globally, he envisions the company as being a significant player in the global market and doing its part in transitioning the world towards a greener space.
An energy industry veteran and seasoned entrepreneur with more than 25 years’ experience in energy, international government relations, financing, business development, information technology and management consulting, Ainsley’s extensive career experience stems from being an entrepreneur and owner at a very young age and, as he calls it, “only doing his part to make the world a better place”.
Through his various companies, he served as the lead development and principal consultant to several governments, IOCs and NOCs in the development of their natural gas downstream business and other key industry interest.
Ainsley has founded several highly successful companies, including, CompuSpa Inc., which provided services to US local, state and federal agencies and The AGA Group LLC, which provided international consulting services to several governments and other entities.
As Ainsley climbed the ladder of his success, he believes in leaving a light on, a window open, and a ladder down for others to help achieve their success. He does so through his non-profit organization, Leadership Global. Leadership Global believes that by investing in our youth, we secure our future.
Ainsley is best known to his peers as the person who gets it done.
Larry Felix is the Group Chairman of the NiQuan Energy, LLC Board and a Director of NiQuan Energy Trinidad, Limited Board. Currently, the Managing Director of a consulting organization, previously Larry served as the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the United States’ Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) for nearly a decade. The BEP produces U.S. currency and other security documents for several U.S. government agencies including the Departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security. The BEP is a customer funded federal entity with nearly $700 million in revenue and 1500 employees with locations in Washington DC and Ft. Worth, Texas.
According to several Federal Employee Viewpoint Surveys, Larry led among the most effective and efficiently managed public sector organizations with a unique self-financing authority to collect operating costs and capital investments through customer billings. During his tenure as Director and CEO, the BEP received clean financial and internal control audit opinions from financial auditors. The BEP is ISO 9001 certified for Quality Manufacturing and ISO 14000 for environmental management.
Larry has regularly testified before the United States Congress, made numerous presentations before international organizations and led bilateral discussions and agreements with several European and Asian governmental institutions. He is knowledgeable in all aspects of stakeholder relations including media management, congressional relations, marketing and business development.
He has been interviewed by numerous newspapers, magazines and national nightly news such as BBC news, ABC Nightly News, NBC’s Today Show, as well appeared in feature programs on the History and Discovery channels.
As a leader with more than 32 years of demonstrated leadership and success in complex program management, Larry brings executive leadership experience in public sector management, manufacturing excellence, counterfeit deterrence, technical management as well as client and external relations management.
He holds degrees from the New York City College of Technology, the City College at the City University of New York and has completed doctoral work in Political Economy at Columbia University.
One of the Caribbean’s most recognized entrepreneurs, Nicholas Galt maintains a varied portfolio in both the business world and NGO community.
In addition to serving as a Director for NiQuan Energy Trinidad Ltd, Nicholas also serves as Executive Chairman of the TSL Group, Chairman of PetroCom Technologies, Ltd., Chairman of DocuCentre Ltd., Chairman of Meso Outsourcing, Ltd., and, in the recent past, was Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of Directors of The Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America and the Caribbean (AACCLA), a Washington, D.C.-based organisation and a sister organisation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
He is also a past President and sitting Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago, Board Member of Youth Business Trust Trinidad and Tobago, (Prince Charles of Wales Trust), and Chairman of Esprit Consulting (previously Ernest & Young Consulting Group). He is a liaison officer for Guillain Barre Foundation of Philadelphia, U.S.A. and, in May 2009, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre.
A Rotarian for several years, Nicholas is a Paul Harris fellow.
David heads up the Legal Department and is the Company’s legal and corporate governance strategist, catalyst, guardian, and advisor, at the highest levels internally and with local and international partners, complemented by a well-established global network of peers. David is a pivotal member of the Executive Team and is a vital resource for the sustainability and exponential growth of the Company within a global arena.
He leads in negotiation, execution, transaction, and achievement of all complex commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, financing transactions, international bond financing, risk management and protection, litigation matters and protects the Company’s intellectual property rights, business, and corporate standing.
He is the Company’s go-to-expert for all corporate governance, legal management, Board Secretariat and all legal affairs of the entire Group, which includes providing legal counsel to the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board, Group Chief Visionary Officer, Executive Team and other senior management members.
Through 30+ years of industry expertise and intellectual knowledge in GTL, banking, insurance and financial services regulation, David has worked at the highest levels in insurance, banking, financial services regulation and energy sectors. He previously served as the Group Chief Legal Officer & Board Secretary for the Qatar Financial Centre Authority; General Counsel & Company Secretary of an Allianz Insurance and Bonding Group and GE Capital and Morgan Grenfell (Deutsche Bank).
David is a Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988, he was shortly thereafter admitted as an Attorney of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago. He obtained his LL.B and LL.M degrees from Queen Mary, University of London and completed his postgraduate Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London.
