Sharan has 15 years’ experience in Investor relations, sustainability, capital markets, and strategic communications (including digital) across UK listed companies who have had a market cap of between $18bn - $30m, mainly in oil and gas. Previous companies she has worked for are: Tullow Oil, Savannah Energy, Soco, Pharos, United Oil and Gas across assets in Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Jamaica, UK, Uganda, Niger, and Vietnam. She has a breadth of knowledge of the capital markets and managing company reputations with investors and wider stakeholders across various geographies.

She has set up the IR and ESG functions at listed companies and during her career has navigated periods of major challenges in companies and the shareholder base. She has experience across IR, M&A transactions, ESG, equity raises, operational and reputational crises, board changes, divestments, listing rules, company rebrands, websites and digital communications.

She is a committee member of the World Energy Council and a Board Trustee to the Charity Chaffinch. Sharan has a MSc Petroleum Geology from Imperial College London, a BSc Geology from University of London, and a BSc Economics from Bayes Business School. She is currently taking the Business Sustainability certificate at Cambridge University.