As a fast-growing international company Angara continues to apply leading corporate governance standards. We believe that Mr. Cavoulacos and Mr. Kalkman will add significant value to this important process. “We are honored to welcome Panos and Jaap to our Board of Directors. Their solid managerial and strategic expertise, particularly in the oil and gas field within major international companies, will be a major asset in supporting us in the development of Angara in line with the best international standards." – said Val Krivenko, the Executive Chairman of the Board.
Panos E. Cavoulacos, Ph.D.– Founding Senior Advisor and Acting CFO at Promethean Energy. Founding Partner at Chromium E&P. Previously, Mr. Cavoulacos served as the CEO and Board Director of Hellenic Petroleum. He was the Chairman of the European Petroleum Industry Association and CONCAWE. MD Asia at Schlumberger Business Consulting. Partner at Booz Allen Hamilton's Energy Practice. Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co. He holds a BS/MS in Nuclear Engineering, a Ph.D. in Energy Economics from MIT, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Jaap Kalkman, Ph.D.– Chief Transformation Officer at ADQ, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company. Previously Mr. Kalkman was a Managing Partner at Arthur D. Little, running the Global Energy & Utilities Practice. He worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Partner, Head of Energy and PE practice in the Middle East. McKinsey & Co, Partner, and Head of Bahrain. Post-Doctoral Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Mathematics from Utrecht University (Netherlands).
About Angara Industries:
Angara is a decarbonization tech company helping our clients in high-emission industries to abate millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions while saving them billions of dollars. Angara’s award-winning technology is a fusion of AI-powered Prescriptive Analytics & Smart Chemical recipes. We enable our clients’ heat exchangers to run cleanly and efficiently all the time thus boosting their fuel efficiency and uplifting margins. Angara works with clients in the US, EU, SE Asia, and Russia.