After leaving Global Marine I decided to focus on my long term goal of learning how to successfully trade and invest in the financial markets. To this end, I enrolled with Jenkins Risk Management, joining their trading group for mentoring as well as taking their institutional trading model course. Over the past two years I have learnt how to trade in the forex, equities, commodities and cryptocurrency markets, having recently built my own trading model which includes personally developed trading rules and risk/sizing parameters. I have also learnt an advanced form of technical analysis which I'm able to apply to any financial market instrument. My trading model is founded upon the principles taught by Mark Douglas (Trading in the Zone) married with the systematic methodologies of the cyclical trading system I learnt at JRM. Note: My current preferred technical analysis platform is Tradingview which I have my own specialised account setup for.

Management, coordination, preparation and delivery of Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM), Budgetary and Fixed and Firm proposals for Telecoms Subsea Fibre Optic Cable Installation projects, with contract values ranging from 2.5m up to 15m USD. Proposals included standard Telecoms installation scope, Oil & Gas specific Telecoms scope (platform pull-ins & work within platform 500m zones), as well as Fibre Optic Cable supply (turnkey) and Shore Ends subcontract management. Clients tendered to included: Saipem, Xtera & Gigaclear

Proposal experience ranges from competitive tenders & multi-service frame agreements through to budget estimates, pre-quals, expressions of interest, existing contract re-negotiation & reverse e-auctions:• Types of services tendered for include: Independent/Third Party Verification; Classification; Certification; Inspection; Consultancy; Asset Integrity; Technical Advisory; Technology Qualification.• Tenders include services for upstream and midstream oil & gas sectors and renewables projects; floating & fixed assets, greenfield & brownfield projects for key clients such as: BP, BG, Chevron, ENI, ExxonMobil, Hess, Iberdrola, Noble Energy, Maersk, Mellitah, Petronas, Premier Oil, RWE, Saipem, Samsung Heavy Industries, Shell, Statoil, Subsea7, Talisman, Technip, TenneT, WorleyParsons & Woodside.• Experience of numerous & varied client proformas requiring strict adherence, including location specific rate multiplier/de-multiplier tables, custom rate escalation formulas, country specific reference benchmarks and lump sum milestone payment schedules. Value of proposals range from 50k to 10m GBP.• Formulate commercial win strategies, considering cost base escalations over contract durations as well as currency fluctuation contingency and ambiguity regarding manufacturing and fabrication locations. Price bids to meet client and market expectations whilst contributing to achieve revenue and margin targets. Formulate technical showcase strategies.• Responsible for preparing & issuing internal director/board level Investment Appraisal Panel (IAP) briefing notes and Authority to Quote (ATQ) forms when proposals meet certain threshold criteria in terms of value, duration and/or contractual terms and conditions (e.g. liability & indemnity regimes).• Client facing role during the bidding process; focal point for tender clarifications and pre/post proposal submission clarification meetings.•Cover Global Contracts & Proposals Manager during leave.**in addition see below**

• Responsible for coordinating the technical, commercial, contractual and legal review of client Invitation to Tender (ITT), Invitation to Bid (ITB) Request for Proposal (RFP), and accompanying contract and form of tender/proposal documents.• Responsible for planning, managing and finalising input to Lloyd Register proposals with LR technical, commercial, legal & contractual teams and liaise with tax, treasury, insurance, corporate secretary, quality, health, safety and environmental groups as required:o Coordinate with LR contractual and legal teams to compile qualifications and exceptions to contract documents, with a view of existing contracts where applicable.o Coordinate with LR commercial team to draft and finalise proposal specific cost models, walkaway positions, selling rates and pricing notes. Coordinate with treasury group to arrange for bank bid & performance bonds as required. o Coordinate with LR tax group for input and advice on with-holding tax and country specific levies etc.o Coordinate with LR HSEQ group to respond to health, safety, environmental and quality questionnaires, referencing LR submissions on Achilles/FPAL supplier database as required.• Review and provide input to Technical documents such as Contract / Project / Execution / Management Plans and Cost Time Resource estimates (CTRs) to ensure compliance with client tendering requirements and formats.• Responsible for the collation of all input, drafting and finalising final proposal delivery for both hard and electronic copy submissions. Experience of hard copy compilation in compliance with strict/bespoke client instructions and coordinating proposal delivery in numerous countries and time-zones worldwide. Experienced user of client e-procurement systems for electronic proposal submissions (e.g. Emptoris, SAP Ariba).• Experienced user of Salesforce, tracking opportunity status throughout the tendering lifecycle.

• Project experience included fixed platforms; pipelines and subsea facilities; floating offshore units; modifications to existing onshore/offshore facilities as well as renewables.• Prepared and presented reports for monthly internal financial reviews to manage project invoicing, costs and variations.• Assisted in the preparation of proposals, Cost Time & Resource estimates (CTRs), Verification/Validation Work Instructions (VWIs) and Design Appraisal Documents (DADs).• Attended client facing verification progress meetings, provided status updates, issued weekly verification progress reports and provided input to monthly project reports. Built professional relationships with client project teams.• Chaired the monthly leads and opportunities meeting for renewables to support LR's business development strategy. Potential new projects are tracked via Salesforce, with input from senior management and research via the EIC database, Official Journal of the European Union and Power eTrack.• Co-ordinated with LR engineering discipline teams based in London / Aberdeen / Kuala Lumpur and on-site surveyors as required. Managed the receipt and distribution of project review documentation and issuing of Comment Response Sheets (CRSs) to and from clients and related subcontractors.• Trained new London based technical assistants & supported project management interviews of TA candidates. Project experience: Shell Prelude FLNG (including Technip, Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) Offshore, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) scope and Vendor Equipment Packages), BP Glen Lyon FPSO (Quad 204), BP Khazzan, KBR GDF Suez Bonaparte FLNG Technology Qualification, Conoco Phillips Jasmine Field Development, Centrica York Field Development, RWE Clipper South & Breagh Alpha, Shell Stasco DEP Gap Analysis Project, BHP Billiton Petroleum – Douglas Mods, Forewind Dogger Bank Offshore Windfarm, Centrica Race Bank Offshore Windfarm

•Co-ordination of project kick-off activities for new projects - setup of client document control process and protocol, including Interfacing with client document control systems per client requirements – example systems include Business Collaborator (RWE O&G), Fusionlive (Centrica) and Ecodoc (RWE Renewables).•Co-ordinated with LR Compliance Engineering discipline teams based in London / Aberdeen / Kuala Lumpur and on-site surveyors as required. Managed the receipt and distribution of project review documentation and issuing of Comment Response Sheets (CRSs) to and from clients and related subcontractors.•Nominated London office first point of contact for new LR work management system. Track to closure issues and bugs raised during system roll-out, and provided input on potential system improvements and upgrades. Liaised with project implementation co-ordinators and reporting directly to VP projects.•Lead project control co-ordinator for all London office renewables projects, supporting the LR Wind Power Consultancy group based in Bristol.

Experience gained at Foster Wheeler spans across four Front End Engineering Design projects, including the Jubail Petrochemical Complex (formerly RTIP), a multi-billion dollar joint venture KBR EPCm project for Saudi Aramco & Dow Chemical. Brendan has worked on all major project milestones from FEED project kick-off through to the EPC Invitation to Bid.Project experience: Dow-Aramco Jubail Petrochemical Project, Saudi Aramco Manifa Central Processing Facilities (MCPF), Saudi Aramco Karan Gas Project (KGP), Santos Gladstone LNG (Pre-FEED).• Co-ordinator for all official technical clarifications and design change agreements made between Foster Wheeler and clients.• Responsible for managing the issue, receipt and distribution of these documents, drafting and proof-reading on behalf of the engineering disciplines and issuing weekly change reports to the client and FW project director.• Designed and administered a number of excel-based document trackers as well as an Access e-review database for design reviews, utilising Structured Query Language (SQL) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) coding in the process.• Trained, supported and supervised new technical assistants joining the project.• Audit experience (both external and internal) – official technical clarification and agreement records were audited on all projects.• Prepared manpower plans and deliverables lists.• Wrote project procedures and drafted end of project reports.• Used Bluebeam Revu software to mark-up Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams.• Co-ordinated the engineering, procurement & construction phase bidder questions & answers process.• Wrote lessons learnt for the Foster Wheeler corporate database.