Peter Nicol joined the Board of ERCE in September 2018. Mr Nicol has over 30 years of oil and gas experience in both industry and finance. He is currently Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee of Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Plc and a Non-Executive Director of Touchstone Exploration where he is head of the Reserves Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee. He was previously a partner at GMP Securities Europe and co-head of the London office of Tristone Capital as the Head of Oil and Gas Research and was responsible for initiating coverage for over 60 international E&P companies. Mr. Nicol has also held positions including Global Sector Director of Oil and Gas research at ABN AMRO Bank NV and Head of European Oil and Gas research at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Mr Nicol started his career with British National Oil Corporation in a variety of commercial roles.