THE seeds of HitecVision-backed Neo Energy's $1 billion-plus deal to acquire ExxonMobil's UK North Sea business were sown almost three years ago, not in brightly lit corporate offices in London or Texas, but beneath the Mediterranean sun at the Monaco Grand Prix.In the stands at the 2018 version of the F1 calendar's most glamorous race was John Knight, who had recently left Equinor after 16 years on the Norwegian state-controlled oil and gas giant's executive committee, running strategy and mergers & acquisitions.Knight was on gardening leave, waiting to start a new position with Stavanger-headquartered private equity house HitecVision, running its London office.A motor racing fan, he used the rare chance of some time off to fly down to the Cote D'Azur to take in some live action.
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