Profile: Oisin Fanning

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Age:59

Appearance: ambitious, sharp-suited

Newsworthiness: the founder of San Leon Energy is on the verge of a hefty payday

Missed debt payments, share trading repeatedly suspended, criticism of its fracking practices, failed bids and lots of barking from the hedge fund boss known as the Rottweiler – it’s been a turbulent few years for San Leon Energy, the oil exploration firm run by Irishman Oisin Fanning.

This month, though, Fanning could well ...