Jean Claude Gandur
Chairman
Jean Claude Gandur founded AOG in 1987 with three associates from the energy industry, and initially focused on Africa. With an instinctive ability to recognize new opportunities, he rapidly diversified the Group's activities from oil trading, to downstream storage and distribution, before launching into upstream exploration and production in 1994. Following the sale of Addax Petroleum in 2009, he led Oryx Petroleum from 2010 until its divestment in 2020.
As Chairman of AOG's Board of Directors, Mr. Gandur steered the transition of AOG from a diversified energy group of companies to a diversified investment group.
Jean Claude Gandur has a degree in law and political science from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is an Officer of the French Légion d’honneur.
