Ran Kraitzman serves as the Controller of Navitas Petroleum.
Prior to joining Navitas, Ran served in various positions between 2013 and 2022 in finance departments of public companies in the oil and gas industry in Israel – Isramco Negev 2, Equital Group and Delek Royalties. His last position was the finance manager of the gas partnership Isramco negev 2. Ran served as an auditor at BDO Israel between 2010 and 2013. Ran holds a B.A. in economics and management with specialization in finance. Ran is a certified CPA in Israel.
Prior to joining Navitas Petroleum, Goni served as an auditor at PwC Israel accompanying leading public companies and banks.
Goni holds a B.A. in Accounting and Art History and M.B.A. specialized in finance from Tel Aviv University. Goni is a CPA in Israel.
Or Margalit serves as Navitas’ Analyst, and his key responsibilities include performing financial planning and economic and business analysis.
Prior to joining Navitas, Or provided financial consulting services as part of the Project Finance team in BDO Israel, where he worked with Israel’s leading companies within the Energy and Infrastructure sectors. Or holds a B.A in Economics and an MBA from Reichman University.
Bar Dekel serves as Assistant Controller at Navitas Petroleum.
Prior to joining Navitas Petroleum, Bar served as an auditor at EY Israel, working with leading public companies in the financial industry.
Bar holds a B.A. in Accounting and Business Management and is a certified CPA in Israel.
Experienced Senior Geoscientist with a strong background in subsurface evaluation, reservoir characterization, and simulation. Currently a key subsurface specialist at Navitas headquarters, supporting all upstream activities—from early exploration to field development and production—through seismic analysis and static and dynamic reservoir modeling. Previously headed a subsurface team at leading oil and gas companies in Siberia, delivering critical insights for .development strategy and reservoir management
Holds an MSc in Petroleum Geosciences from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Reut serves as the Office administrator and HR Manager of Navitas Petroleum.
Prior to joining Navitas, Reut worked in various management positions in several corporations (“Hever” permanent army soldiers and pensioners and UPS). Reut holds a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences with specialization in Human Resources from the Open University.
Milton serves as Vice President of Offshore Operations & Projects, where he oversees offshore production operations and project development.
Prior to joining Navitas, Milton spent over seventeen years with Hess Corporation where he held a range of engineering and leadership roles of increasing responsibility across operated and non-operated upstream assets in world-class plays including the Bakken, North Sea, and the Gulf of America. Most recently, Milton held organizational, P&L, and HSE accountability for a portfolio of Hess’ key Gulf of America assets.
Milton holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Wynne serves as Sr. Vice President, Midstream & Marketing at Navitas Petroleum and is responsible for midstream commercial arrangements as well as the logistics and marketing of oil, gas and NGLs. Wynne has extensive experience in oil and gas commercial contracting and management, US Crude Oil Marketing and Midstream business through multiple roles with international E&P companies and midstream MLPs.
Prior to joining Navitas, Wynne served as Vice President of Commercial and Marketing at Hess Corporation. During his fifteen-year tenure, he oversaw domestic and international commercial business and led the US crude oil marketing business unit. Prior to entering the upstream space, Wynne spent eight years with Enterprise Products as Director of Commercial and Business Development in the Midstream sector.
Wynne holds an MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Auburn University.
Jay has over 12 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. After beginning his career as a field engineer for the Triple Five Group of companies, he has served as reservoir engineer for acquisitions and divestures, field development and corporate reserves. He has performed evaluations for over $5 billion of oil and gas projects in multiple basins all over the world.
Jay holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Kansas with a minor in Project Management, and he serves on the board of the Houston chapter of the Society of Petroleum Evaluations Engineers.
Larry brings more than 30 years of experience contributing to and leading exploration and development projects, primarily in the U.S. Gulf of America.
Before joining Navitas, Larry was working with Equinor US where he held several roles as both manager and technical leader. Prior to his employment at Equinor, Larry worked for Spinnaker Exploration where he contributed to and led technical efforts to accelerate Spinnaker’s growth and success. Larry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines. He also is a long-standing member of The Society of Exploration Geophysicists, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, The Houston Geophysical Society and The Houston Geologic Society.
Tom has over 19 years of extensive experience spanning legal, land, contract, and compliance matters across the energy and corporate sectors. His background includes advancing organizational growth and long-term value creation through effective legal, contractual, and compliance frameworks.
Prior to joining Navitas, Tom served as General Counsel of Woodsen Energy, Pintail Oil and Gas, and Triple Five Energy. He began his legal career at Vinson & Elkins.
Tom earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law, holds the Certified Professional Landman designation, and is an active member of the State Bar of Texas.
JJordan serves as Navitas’ Vice President of Business Development and brings significant energy transaction experience across legal, commercial, and investment banking roles.
Most recently, Jordan served as Managing Partner at a boutique, energy-focused investment banking and advisory firm. Prior industry roles include Legal Counsel for North American New Ventures at Schlumberger, Business Development Negotiator at Hess Corporation, and Land Negotiator at ExxonMobil Corporation. Jordan holds a J.D. from South Texas College of Law and a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Stephanie has spent the last 18 years in the oil and gas industry operating onshore US Gulf Coast area assets in various roles gaining invaluable knowledge and expertise acquiring, developing, and managing mature assets.
Before joining Navitas Petroleum, Stephanie was a key component in Frostwood Energy’s horizontal well development program as a senior member of the team leading the efforts in design optimization, cost reductions, and overall asset management. Stephanie holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas in Dallas.
David has 10 years of progressive oil and gas accounting experience.
Prior to joining Navitas, David served as the financial reporting manager of Deep Gulf Energy, an Offshore E&P company, tax and finance manager of George R Brown Partnership, an Onshore E&P company, and as an auditor for Grant Thronton. David holds an MBA from the University of Houston, Bauer School of Business and is a CPA in the State of Texas.
Sergei has over 15 years of progressive oil and gas accounting experience with Houston based E&P companies.
Prior to joining Navitas, amongst other positions, Sergei served as Joint Interest Billing Manager of EnVen Corporation. Sergei holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Science and an Advance Accounting Certificate from Texas Lone Star College.
Guadalupe has over 9 years of accounting experience, 5 years have been dedicated to oil and gas accounting. Prior to Joining Navitas, Guadalupe worked as a Senior Accountant for Rockcliff Energy as well as a public accountant for Marcum LLP. Guadalupe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from University of Houston-Downtown (UHD).
Erica Zhuravel brings extensive experience in project management, marketing, event planning, and HR operations.
Prior to joining Navitas, Erica served as an Account Manager at a digital marketing firm, as well as a Project Manager at Kenes Israel. Erica holds an M.A. in Conflict Resolutions and a B.A. in International Relations and Communications from The Hebrew University.
Yossi is an experienced Executive with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry with demonstrated history of engaging in M&A activity and international financings, with over $10 Bn in debt and equity raised over the years.
Yossi leads all financial affairs of the UK business unit and oversees the Company’s financial strategy, governance, and reporting, supporting value creation across its oil and gas activities. The role includes responsibility for financial planning, funding, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement.
Prior to this, Yossi acted as Deputy CEO for NewMed energy, the oil and gas exploration arm of the Delek Group, the leading energy group in Israel, that was a partner in the Yam Tethys, Aphrodite, Tamar, Leviathan and other projects. In NewMed energy Yossi led and managed large-scale M&A transactions, raise billions of dollars from foreign and domestic banks, manage negotiations with leading banking corporations in Israel and abroad and managed multi-billion dollar private and negotiable bond financing in the domestic and international market (Rule 144A)
Yossi holds an LL.M from Bar-Ilan University and a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from Ruppin Academic Center.
Aleks leads the Navitas Subsurface, Exploration and New Ventures teams for the Atlantic Margin with primary focus on the Falkland Islands, Guyana and South Africa. Aleks began his career in Subsea Engineering, before pivoting to Reservoir Engineering where he specialised in Field Development Planning and Reservoir Management.
Aleks has over 30 years of experience in oil and gas operations. Prior to joining Navitas, Aleks worked both domestically and internationally for Super Majors, Independents and EPC contractors on development projects and operating assets across 6 continents. Aleks holds a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Nottingham Trent University, an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.
Thomas leads the project team for the Navitas Operated greenfield Sea Lion Development in the North Falklands basin and nearby surrounding prospects, responsible for concept selection, design and construction. Thomas has over 30 years of experience of efficiently delivering offshore projects, having worked with Super Majors, Independent Oil Companies and EPC Contractors in a diverse range of international locations including Asia Pacific, South America, Gulf of America and West Africa, most recently on the new build King’s Quay FPS Host Facility and Khaleesi Mormont and Samurai Subsea developments. Thomas has a track record of simplifying and optimizing projects through execution phasing and application of an Independent Operators mind set to maximize the value of assets. Thomas has a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a MBA from Rice University, Houston.
Charles has a dual role: Asset Director for Sea Lion and Head of Wells for Navitas. As Asset Director Charles is setting up the business to initially deliver the Sea Lion Development and subsequently a robust business to manage the asset once in production. As Head of Wells, Charles is responsible for Navitas’s well work. In both roles Charles’s focus is on Regulatory compliance, safe operations and efficient execution.
Charles has over 25 years of experience having worked in a diverse number of roles: large and small service providers, large and small operators, both in the UK & aboard, core skills in Wells, New Developments and Asset Management. Charles has managed start up projects and new country entry previously so is ideally suited to the Sea Lion Development, growing Navitas Petroleum Development and Production (NPDP) and building a strong relationship with the Falkland Islands and all key stakeholders.
Jeff has been in the Oil and Gas industry for over 25 years, fulfilling Operations and HSE Leadership roles for several International Oil Companies including BP, Woodside, Nexen and CNOOC International.
During his career Jeff has been associated with projects including North West Shelf (Australia), Buzzard and Golden Eagle developments (UK) and Long Lake Oil Sands (Canada).
Roles have included Offshore Installation Manager, Asset/Operations Management, Head of function & Global Excellence Lead.
Jeff holds a degree in Geophysics and Oceanography, and a Masters in Reliability Engineering and Safety Management from University of Wales and Heriot Watt respectively
Geoscientist with 25 years’ experience of integrated exploration and development studies, ranging from regional petroleum system evaluations to full field development plans.
Highly efficient at integrating G&G and dynamic data in exploration, appraisal and development projects with experience in Sudan, Kurdistan, Canada, West Africa (Ghana, Gabon, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire) & East Africa (Mozambique, Somalia), UK (North Sea & Liverpool Bay), Algeria, Pakistan and Argentina.
Key roles include well planning & optimisation, field development planning, reservoir characterisation, reserves evaluation and migration, uncertainty analysis, seismic attribute analysis and application, seismic interpretation and petrophysics integration, fault modelling, and as an expert Petrel user, is highly-skilled in creating “drillable 3D static models”.
Expert in turbidite reservoir characterisation for development – a focus for the past 15 years.
Project highlights include: (i) Jubilee/T.E.N Developments (Ghana) as Lead Development Geologist for both Tullow and Anadarko/Oxy working with David Blackmore, (ii) Buzzard and Golden Eagle (UK) as Development Geology Advisor for both Nexen and later CNOOC, (iii) Lennox and Zamzama Fields (UK) for BHP as Senior Geo-modeller
Gabon and Congo for Perenco undertaking both Development planning (DRC) and Exploration evaluations (Gabon) as Consultant Geologist working with Aleks Armstong and Richard Theunissen
Sold my company with Canadian gas assets in 2012 to Northern Petroleum (Later Cabot Energy) and assisted the company with New Ventures
Tellus Project manager for Global Exploration at Robertson Research Internation (now CGG)
Gareth is responsible for delivering the development and operation of the greenfield Sea Lion Development in the North Falklands basin.
Gareth has worked for EPC contractors, independents, private equity and major oil and gas operators for over 30 years in a range of international locations. He has a proven track record of delivery in Australia and the Asia Pacific, most recently the Barossa Development and DLNG life extension projects in Australia with Santos. Gareth graduated with a BEng (Hons) and BCom (Management) from the University of Western Australia and has a MEng Sc in Petroleum Engineering from the University of New South Wales
Harry leads the Exploration & New Ventures team in London, focusing on maturing and growing the company’s existing and future exploration portfolio.
With 25 years of experience, Harry has a proven record of unlocking and maximising value from assets across all stages of the E&P cycle. His experience spans Exploration and Appraisal; New Ventures / M&A; and Development and Operations, having worked with operators including Carlyle Group’s Assala Energy, Tullow Oil, Warburg Pincus’s Delonex Energy, Perenco, and SLB.
Harry’s exploration credentials include material successes ranging from Frontier Exploration to Infrastructure‑Led Exploration (ILX). Frontier successes include the opening of a new petroleum province in the Lake Albert Basin, Uganda, where he helped discover over 1 Bnbo with Tullow. ILX successes include projects in Colombia, Chad, and Gabon, most recently Magoga, Gabon (2026), as well as the largest discovery in Gabon in 20 years with Assala (Grand Ngongui, 2022), which achieved First Oil in April 2026.
Immediately prior to Navitas, Harry was a founding member and Senior Manager of Development, Exploration & New Ventures at Carlyle Group‑backed Assala Energy. Over a seven‑year period, he successfully helped start and sell the business, achieving a >30% production increase, a 160% Reserves Replacement Ratio, and building a large exploration portfolio with multiple commercial exploration discoveries.
Harry holds a BSc in Earth Sciences, University of Leeds and an MSc in Basin Evolution & Dynamics, Royal Holloway, University of London.
