Thomas Soulsby

Mr Soulsby was the CEO of Risco Energy (Risco) and has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas and resources sector spanning investment banking, corporate business development and management/leadership roles. Mr Soulsby then moved to Potter Warburg (now UBS) in Melbourne as a resources equity research analyst. He subsequently joined ANZ in Melbourne, before being posted to Jakarta and ultimately Singapore as director of corporate finance and merchant banking. As a Director at Indonesian- listed Energi Mega Persada (EMP) from 2003 to 2008, he was responsible for business development and the acquisition of assets which added 525 MMboe to EMP's 2P reserves - a growth driver for the company. Mr Soulsby was involved in securing backing for Risco prior to its incorporation in 2010. Under leadership of Mr Soulsby, Risco has participated in and funded over US$500m in transactions since 2010. He led the valuation creation, and subsequent monetization, of Risco's first and second Southeast Asian/Australasian oil and gas conventional and unconventional portfolio in both 2013 and 2022.