Experience

Santos Ltd

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• EVP Projects

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Responsible for Santos' major projects.

• EVP Papua New Guinea

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

  Responsible for Papua New Guinea Operations and Development. Member of Oil Search's Executive Leadership Team.

• EVP Technology & Value Assurance

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  Member of Oil Search's Management Team. Responsible for Capabilities Improvement in Project Management and Operations Excellence, Value Assurance, Technology & Innovation, Information Technology and Safety, Security & Risk.



Self-employed

• Senior Consultant

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  Parttime consultant to WTS Energy in the area of Contractor Management and Fugitive Emissions Management. Also working as volunteer for Trias, a Belgian NGO supporting farmers and entrepreneurs in selected countries around the world. Member of Trias General Assembly and providing assistance with auditing, funding and processes. Parttime consultant to WTS Energy in the area of Contractor Management and Fugitive Emissions Management. Also working as volunteer for Trias, a Belgian NGO supporting farmers and entrepreneurs in selected countries around the world. Member of Trias General Assembly and providing assistance with auditing, funding and processes.



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP Development - Upstream International Operated

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2017

  Member of Shell's Upstream International Operated Leadership Team responsible for Development. Upstream International Operated covers all countries outside the Americas where Shell is the Prime Operator. This includes Netherlands, Germany, UK, Ireland, Norway, Irag, Nigeria, Gabon, Malaysia and Philippines. The VP Development is responsible for all development activities between discovery and production. Capital expenditure is in the order of $20 bln per annum.

• VP Technical Sub Saharan Africa

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2012

  Member of Shell's Leadership Team and leading Technical Directorate of Shell in Sub Saharan Africa. Responsible for all development activities between discovery and onstream, including subsurface, drilling and engineering. Geography includes land, swamp, shallow water and deep water.

• Upstream Manager

  • Jul 2003 - Sep 2009

  Responsible for Exploration & Production in Qatar Shell, including the supply side of the Pearl GTL and QatarGas 4LNG projects, covering subsurface, drilling and engineering. ALso coordinated new business development on teh E&P side and exploration.

• Integration Manager

  • Nov 2001 - Jun 2003

  Seconded to RAKGAs, a Joint Venture with Total and ConocoPhillips, pursuing an integrated gas deal in Saudi Arabia, covering all parts of the value chain from Production Facilities in the middle of the Rub Al Khali desert, over a 700 km pipeline and a Processing Plant to a Petrochemical Plant, a Power Plant and a Desalination Plant. The Integration Manager was responsible for a diverse work scope in a complex business environment spanning three Business Partners (Total, ConocoPhillips and Aramco) bringing together the entire value chain from exploration to petrochemicals and power generation. Main functions included economics, tax, commercial, finance, IT, HSE, security, HR and contracting & procurement and Venture Set Up.

• EP Strategy & Portfolio Management Manager

  • Dec 1999 - Nov 2001

  EP Strategy & Portfolio Management Manager

• Head of Planning & Economics and Chief Engineer Nimr

  • Sep 1995 - Dec 1999

  Responsible initially for Planning & Economics. Subsequently Chief Engineer for Nimr, one of six major Assets in Oman

• Project Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Sep 1995

  Initially responsible for Concept Development Sabah, thereafter Project Manager Kinabalu

• Head of Technical Safety

  • Apr 1988 - Dec 1991

  Responsible for Technical Safety (HAZOPs, QRA and Audits) in Gabon at the time of the Rabi Development.

• Project Engineer

  • Aug 1982 - Apr 1988

  Project Engineer on a range of projects covering the lifecycle between exploration and start-up.