Regional Managers
Shaul Zemach is a leading Israeli Energy and Infrastructure expert, who joined Energean Israel when it was established.
Mr. Zemach served as Director General of the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources from 2009 to 2013 after acting as Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
Following the discovery of significant Israeli Natural Gas volumes in 2011, Mr. Zemach was appointed as Chairman of an inter-ministerial committee to examine government policy on the natural gas industry by the Israeli Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy. The Committee’s final report was approved by the Cabinet inJune 2013.
Mr. Zemach has served on Boards of Directors for several leading Energy and Financial corporations in Israel and numerous government-owned companies, including Israel Electric Corporation. He served as Acting Chairman of Israel Airport Authority Council (2006).
Mr. Zemach holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from the Hebrew University and a Masters in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University.
Dr Nikolaou joined Energean as Technical Advisor in 2009. Effective April the 1st 2020, Dr Nikolaou was appointed Vice President of the Board of Directors (BoD) of Energean Oil & Gas SA, assuming responsibility for technical coordination of projects and assets in Greece including Prinos, Western Greece exploration acreage, the Katakolo and UGS projects as well as Government affairs.
Over the last 45 years, Dr. Nikolaou has been embracing leadership positions in several exploration and production projects in Greece, Libya, Egypt, Albania, Montenegro and the East Mediterranean.
He started his career in 1976, working for the Public Petroleum Corporation of Greece (DEP SA), in the sector of Hydrocarbons Exploration and Production. In 1984 he was appointed as Exploration Manager of Western Greece.
In 1998, DEP Group of Companies merged to Hellenic Petroleum SA. In 2004 Dr. Nikolaou addressed to the Exploration & Production Division as Technical Director.
From 2004 to 2006, he was simultaneously holding the role of the Managing Director for the Gas Distribution Company of Attiki, member of Hellenic Petroleum Group of Companies.
During his long career, he served as special advisor to several Ministers of Energy, Environment and Development; (1991-1994), (2004-2006).
In 2014, the Republic of Cyprus appointed Dr Nikolaou member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company (CHC) (2014-2019)
He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum.
Petar Djurovic joined Energean in 2016 as Branch General Manager, being fully responsible for the delivery of the ongoing exploration project, offshore Montenegro.
Prior joining Energean, Petar worked for four years in “Premium Consulting”, an Athens based company with focus on planning and implementation of shipping investment projects, operations and strategic planning.
Petar holds a BSc in Shipping & Maritime Economics from the University of Piraeus.
He is currently working on his Master's thesis concerning the investigation of marine accidents through the prism of human factors.