Experience

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  Grizzly Energy, LLC

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • President and CEO

    • Jan 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Led company through transition from MLP heritage toward traditional e&p model as it emerged from restructuring. Initiated portfolio optimization with over a 12 divestments in a difficult marketplace. Implemented cost and efficiency improvements with some cost areas seeing savings of over 30%. Successful directed the company through a Chapter 11 restructuring in less than 120 days.

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  Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc.

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    • Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
    • Houston, Texas Area

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  Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Non-Executive Director

    • 2017 - 2017
    • Houston, TX

    Non-executive director, Chair of Audit Commitee and member of Compensation and Strategic Opportuntieis commitees.

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  Hess Corporation

  • Houston TX

  • Senior Vice President, Strategy, Commercial and Global New Business Development

    • 2015 - 2016
    • Houston TX

    Led Hess'​ organization in the development of corporate strategy; long-term planning and portfolio analysis; competitor analysis; JV management; M&A activity; and oil and gas marketing. Supported BoD processes.

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  BP

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

  • Head of Upstream Simplification and Efficiency

    • 2014 - 2014

    Evaluated BP's competitive cost performance.

  • President, BP Russia

    • 2012 - 2014

    Led BP's Moscow office which supported TNK-BP and Rosenft investments with both technical and commerical teams. Director of TNK BP Holding and Slavneft. Alternate director for TNK-BP BVI.

  • CFO BP Russia

    • 2009 - 2012

    Led BP's Moscow Finance team which oversaw BP’s interests in TNK-BP, a Sakhalin exploration JV, business development initiatives and Rosneft. Director of TNK BP Holding. Alternate director for TNK-BP BVI.

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  BP

  • London, United Kingdom

  • CFO BP North Africa

    • 2005 - 2008
    • London, United Kingdom

    Led Finance team which oversaw BP’s investments in Algeria and the negotiations which accessed exploration acreage in Libya. Board member of In Salah Sales Limited and Medgaz consortium.

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  BP

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

  • CFO BP North American Exploration

    • 2003 - 2004

    Led Finance and Pre-Development Engineering teams for BP’s North America Exploration organisation. Acting Performance Unit Leader for Deep Gas exploration.

  • Director, Mergers and Acquistions

    • 2000 - 2003

    Significant involvement in 7 success transactions with asset value of $15bn and numerous uncompleted transactions. Led the divestment of Arco Alaska and TNK-BP due diligence.