ERHC Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ERHE) is a publicly traded American company with valuable oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this video, we introduce you to Gertjan van Mechelen, ERHC's Exploration Manager. He oversees exploration activities at the Company's growing portfolio of onshore and offshore assets in Africa. Van Mechelen has more than 35 years experience in oil and gas exploration. He worked previously in Africa, Southeast Asia, China, Europe and North America with ConocoPhillips and TransAtlantic Petroleum. Van Mechelen is in charge of formulating and implementing the Company's exploration strategies as well as planning, budgeting and executing all aspects of the exploration phases for ERHC's exploration licenses. His expertise includes interpretation, prospect generation and farm-in evaluation. Van Mechelen earned a Masters Degree in Structural Geology and Exploration Geophysics from Rijks University Utrecht.