Chris Jepps

Chief Executive Officer

Chris was appointed Getech’s CEO in January 2025 and has extensive energy industry, geology, GIS and entrepreneurial experience. Prior to being appointed CEO, Chris spent nearly 7 years on the Getech Board of Directors as COO, during which time he led the Group’s product and services strategy with the aim of growing revenues from Getech’s core and emerging markets. Some of his key achievements in this time include enhancing its oil and gas workflow products to meet the changing needs of the energy market, migrating Globe from its legacy delivery model to a modern cloud-based architecture that enabled the launch of a subscription model as well as better supporting wider energy transition sector adoption, and introducing cloud-based subscription models for its global gravity and magnetic data holdings to better serve the needs of Getech’s mining customer-base. Chris has a BSc in Geology from Imperial College, London, and is an alumnus of Esri’s global Partner Advisory Council.

Simon Brown

Chief Financial Officer

Simon joined Getech in 2018 as the Company’s Financial Controller moving to become Group Finance Director in November 2024. He has led the finance division and successfully implemented a series of projects to improve the financial reporting of the Company and established new protocols to enhance the security of the business. Simon has been a proactive and strong steward of the Company’s working capital and liquidity, and has also been behind a significant improvement of Group IT systems and structures.
With 15 years’ experience working in senior finance leadership roles within various complex, multinational PLCs and SME organisations, including previous Financial Controller roles at the advertising services company WTMS Ltd (a WPP group company) and specialist resourcing companies; Milestone Operations and Methods consulting.
Simon has a BA in Accounting and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, having qualified in 2006.

Max Brouwers

Chief Business Development Officer

Max joined Getech in October 2021 as Chief Business Development Officer, and has focused on natural hydrogen, critical minerals and geothermal as well as bringing considerable experience and networks in oil & gas.
Max is a senior executive driving the energy transition with more than 25-years’ experience. He started his career at Shell in 1996 and his last role there was Vice President Exploration for Europe, Russia and Caspian. In his time with Shell, he directed exploration & energy transition activities in more than 17 countries and delivered multi billion commercial deals. He also spearheaded the open-source industry standard cloud platform O-SDU and a digital start-up. He has a track record of forging partnerships with governments, national oil companies, boards and across directorates. He is the chair of the AAPG Energy Transition Forum, member of the UK Subsurface Taskforce and has an MBA plus an MSc in Geology.

Michael Covington

Chairman

Michael has over 25 years’ experience in infrastructure and renewables investment, including 15 years of corporate advisory with international investment banks and strategic consulting. His activities have included cofounding Solar Securities, one of the UK’s first solar project developers, advising energy transition sector participants, and holding non-executive board positions including with Enertechnos Holdings Ltd., a power transmission technology player. He has also been an active investor at all stages of the value chain in European CleanTech & Renewables with Sustainable Investments Capital, Alpha Real and Blackfinch Group. He is a qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Alyson Levett

Alyson Levett

Independent Non-Executive Director

Alyson is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of leadership experience spanning various sectors such as software, telecommunications, consumer services, FMCG and manufacturing. Currently Alyson holds directorship positions at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited and Eleco plc, and is also the Treasurer of the Charity En-Fold. Alyson’s most recent executive position was as the Chief Financial Officer at I-Nexus Global plc, where she played a pivotal role in its strategic direction, oversaw finance operations and guided the company through its IPO on the AIM market in 2018. With a proven track record in change management, Alyson brings extensive expertise in software, technology, risk management, and cyber security to the Board.

Emma Parker

Independent Non-Executive Director

Emma has more than 20 years’ experience as an Sustainability and mining operations specialist. Emma is currently Sustainable and Impact Finance Manager at Anglo American PLC, a multi-national, multi-commodity mining company. At Anglo American, Emma is responsible for identifying and delivering commercial value, leveraging Anglo American’s sustainability practices across areas of business development, marketing, and finance. In particular, her role focuses on leading innovative approaches to sustainability-led value creation and innovative finance.