Management team

Mike Lakin
Managing Director
Managing Director
A geology graduate from Cardiff University, Mike worked initially for independent oil and gas companies with operations in the UK, Europe and West Africa. In 1989 he joined Petresearch as a geologist, specialising in the marketing of international third-party projects. Mike went on to become the company’s General Manager, until leaving to establish Envoi at the end of 1999.

Martin Riddle
Technical Director
Technical Director
Martin is a petroleum geologist with a BSc from Leicester University and an MSc from Royal Holloway, University of London. From 1995 he worked for Schlumberger in the North Sea and overseas, before becoming a consultant in a range of multinational oil and gas companies. Martin joined Envoi in 2009.