Dr. Brown former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philex Mining Corporation from January 2004 to December 2009, a company that, through its subsidiaries Philex Petroleum Corporation and FEC Resources, Inc, has an interest in 21,503,704 ordinary shares of Forum Energy, representing 64.45% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Dr. Brown is also Chairman of A Brown Company, Inc., Chairman & President of Monte Oro Resources Energy Inc., (who hold a 30% interest in GSEC101) Monte Oro Grid Resources Corporation, President & Chief Executive Officer of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Philippine Realty and Holdings Corp., Philodrill Corporation, Petroenergy Resources Corporation and ISM Communications Corporation.
He received two undergraduate degrees B.S. Physical Science (1959), B.S. Geology (1960), from the University of the Philippines, Manila, post graduate degrees from Stanford University, M.S. Economic Geology (1963), Ph. D in Geology, Major in Geochemistry (1965). He was also a candidate in Master of Business Economics (1980) from the University of Asia & Pacific (formerly Center for Research & Communications)
He was formerly associated with the following listed Philippine companies either as Director or President: Dominion Asia Equities, Inc. (Belle Corp), Palawan Oil & Gas Exploration (Vantage Equities), 7 Seas Oil Company, Inc. (Abacus), Universal Petroleum (Universal Rightfield), Sinophil Corp., Asian Petroleum Corporation, Acoje Mining Corp. Semirara Coal Corp., Surigao Consolidated Mining Inc., (Suricon), Vulcan Industrial and Mining Corp., San Jose Oil., Seafront Petroleum, and Basic Petroleum. He was also Technical Director of Dragon Oil Plc,a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.