Seasoned team with over 100 years of collective experience
Board of Directors
Azad Cola
Founder & Director
Managing Director of Cola Group, a diversified family office with over US $2 billion of assets under management.
Interests in hospitality, real estate, natural resources and technology in Europe, Africa and the United States of America.
Established an investment company that is developing Petronia City, a 2,000-acre development project in Ghana.
Graduated in London with a degree in Economics.
Jay Park
Executive Director
International energy lawyer and King’s Counsel.
Managing Partner of Petroleum Regimes Advisory and Park Energy Law.
Advised oil and gas producers, marketers, pipeline companies, governments, banks and multilateral agencies.
Graduate of York University in Energy, Environment and Natural Resource Law.
Management
Jonathan Novitsky
Chief Executive Officer
Industry Expertise: +30 Years
Previously Vice President for Buckeye Partners LP Global Marine Terminals Group, where he was responsible for strategic marketing and customer development.
Prior, Mr. Novitsky was Vice President for PetroChina International (America) Inc.
Has traded for a variety of companies both domestically and internationally.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
Brandon Lantrip
Chief Financial Officer
Industry Expertise: +15 Years
Previously held financial management roles with OakTree Capital, Nabors Industries, and PB&H.
Provides financial leadership and oversight across capital structure, liquidity, and risk management to protect investors and drive long-term value creation.
MBA and Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance.
David Huffman
Executive Vice President of Operations
Industry Expertise: +40 Years
Previously, held the position of Vice President of Processing and General Manager for Buckeye Partners LP.
Has operated and managed some of the largest and most complex refineries, including Phillips 66, PBF Energy and more.
Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering.
William Burge
Executive vice President of Strategy
Industry Expertise: +20 Years
Previously worked at Wood Mackenzie, Santos and BHP in consulting, commercial, and finance roles.
Experience in asset strategy, long-term planning, financial operations, transformation and performance improvement.
Master’s degree in Applied Finance, Graduate degree in Accounting, and Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.
commercial team
Savanna Speciale
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Industry Expertise: +15 Years
Focus on crude oil, marine logistics and terminal agreements with roles at Motiva, BP, and ConocoPhillips.
Experience across in deal structuring and commercial strategy across multiple products from crude to low-carbon solutions.
Master’s degree in Energy Trading and Finance from Tulane University.
Zach DiCarlo
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Industry Expertise: +15 Years
Career crude oil marketing manager with detailed experience from wellhead to market.
Extensive knowledge of purchasing, transporting, scheduling, storing and trading domestic physical crude oil.
Board member and President of Dallas Crude Association since 2014.
