RESUME
Oil & Gas industry Business Development/Investment professional with more than 25 years management experience in industry with broad business development, commercial and transaction/deal execution skills - experience in both small and large companies - enabling strong standalone hands-on skillset and execution capability.
> Key skills and experience that support this:
- full cycle deal and transaction delivery capability in the E&P sector - opportunity identification and origination,
evaluation, economic analysis, due diligence, definitive agreement definition, lead negotiation and deal closing - multiple deal credentials;
- worldwide transaction experience; experience of interacting with broad range of counterparties;
- broad experience of developing and presenting asset and corporate deal value proposition to Board level, Executive committee and other decision making bodies;
- extensive contract negotiation experience - broad range of commercial agreements required for E&P projects/deals;
- extensive supervisory experience building and managing Commercial & Negotiations team in Marathon over 10 years
- seconded by Marathon as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Equatorial Guinea LNG JV company;
- non-executive director JV board experience with Marathon;
- non-profit board experience - previously President and Chairman of the Board of non-profit AIPN based in Houston;
- professionally qualified engineer; MBA;
● Professional experience:
▲ Davies Oil & Gas Management Advisory 2017-present
Director
▲ Sterling Resources (London, UK) 2012 - May 2017
Vice President - Business Development
▲ Marathon Oil Company (Houston, Texas, USA) 2002 - 2012
> Director - Commercial & Negotiations (C&N), Business Development, Head of C&N team 2006 - 2012
> Manager - Commercial & Negotiations, Business Development, Head of C&N team 2002 - 2006
> Non-executive Director for Marathon EGLNG Holding Ltd (Marathon shareholder in EGLNG) 2005 - 2006
> Managing Director, Equatorial Guinea LNG Holdings Ltd (EGLNG) JV 2004 - 2005
Representing Marathon Oil Company’s Integrated Gas Business;(secondment by Marathon)
▲ Rolls-Royce Power Ventures Limited (Investment vehicle ) 1996 - 2002
& plc wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce
Senior Development Manager (Jakarta, Indonesia (1996-1998); Manila, Philippines (1998-2002); London (2002))
▲ GE Power Systems (Europe) (wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company) 1994 - 1996
Director – Business Development (London, UK (1994-1995); Jakarta, Indonesia (1995-1996).
▲ Premier Oil plc, UK - Commercial Manager, London, UK. 1992 - 1994
▲ Enterprise Oil plc, UK - Assistant Business Development Manager, London, UK. 1990 - 1992
▲ Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) 1988 - 1990
Senior Consultant, Strategy Consulting Group, London, UK
● Education:
- MBA – London Business School;
- BSc Civil Engineering – Leeds University – First Class Honours;
- A-levels: Maths (A), Further Maths (A), Physics (A);
● Professional Qualifications:
- Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng, MICE)(UK); Chartered Structural Engineer (CEng, MIStructE)(UK);
- Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1991-1993 – completed certificate stage and part of professional stage – 10 out of 14 papers.
● Industry Associations:
▲ Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) (non-profit):
> AIPN Past President 2017-18; AIPN President - 2016-2017 and Chairman of Board of Directors; AIPN President Elect - 2015-2016; Vice President - Model Contracts 2012-2013; Treasurer 2009-2012; Director 2007-2009;
▲ Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain - Member