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Jarnac, Fr

Jarnac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Participation in a research project to idenfity and understand the current practice and success factors of organizations for Cross-site Learning in the area of Process Safety. The project is looking at the role and actions of leaders in shaping the culture of an organzation towards sustainable improvements in process safety.

Jarnac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

During my 34 years working for Shell I have been fortunate to have worked in some terrific locations with wonderful colleagues and to have learned my craft from many patient and dedicated operators and mentors. I am looking to support organizations improve the safe, reliable and profitable operation of their manufacturing facilities.

Virtual

Remote consulting on various aspects of HSE excellence and leadership.Revision of safe isolation of equipment for maintenance proceduresFCC Reliability consulting

Durban Metropolitan Area

Implemented structured competence development & assurance processes for Production personnel. leveraging the use of computer-based learning modules and generic process-unit operator training simulators.Acted as mentor for new Production Unit Managers at SAPREF and faculty staff for Shell Production Specialist training.Consultant for site LOTO improvement project, Permit to Work and FCC vulnerablility studies

Pernis, South Holland, Netherlands

Plant manager for two 31.5 kt/sd crude distillation units and associated conversion units including naphtha and kero/diesel hydrotreater, CCR Platformer and sulphur recovery /SCOT units.Site champion for separation of equipment (LOTO) and Permit To Work (PTW) processes.Responsible for the preparation and safe execution of two large maintenance turnarounds that were completed without an LTI and within scheduled time and budget.Managed on-the-run transfer to a new control room – without a single operational upset!

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Technical Manager for Shell downstream activities in Abu Dhabi and Joint Venture manager for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO).Delivery on behalf of Shell of Technical Support to ADNOC group of companies of a broad range of mid-stream and downstream technical services(Alternate) Director of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO) Joint Venture governance assurance of GASCO on behalf of ShellIntroduction of Shell Asset Integrity and Process Safety Management best practices into GASCOSupported GASCO in development of long-term asset replacement plan for safety and production critical assets

Shell & Bp South African Refinery, Durban

Production Unit Manger for all conversion processes within SAPREF refinery (including FCC, HF Alkylation, SR Platformer, NHT, HDS, PENEX, and numerous ancillary units).Preparation and execution of numerous unit shutdowns including very successful 2009 major FCC turnaround that included replacement of FCCU reactor.Achieved significant improvement in zone HSSE performance, unit reliability, and profitability.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Providing technical expertise on FCC related projects to customers in the Asia-Pacific area including on-site assistance during unit shutdown, start-up, and recovery from upsetsProcess Integrator for design of 50 $mln major revamp of FCC R&R equipmentTechnology selection for RCCU particulate emission reduction project.Unit benchmarking and identification of operational improvement opportunities for 4 customersDevelopment of regional third party licensing activities to Pertamina, Petronas, PetroChina, IOCL, PTT

Petit Couronne, France

Production Unit Manager for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, high-vacuum distillation unit, numerous ancillary units, and all refinery utilities including electrical networkResponsible for area maintenance and operation budget (ca. 10 mln Eur)Performed merger of 2 control rooms and manpower reorganisation without process incidentManaged preparation and execution of numerous unit shutdowns14 direct reports and overall responsibility for ca. 100 employees

Petit-Couronne, Normandy, France

Diagnosis and optimisation of FCC unit operation including catalyst selection study resulting in significant margin improvement.Area technologist covering crude distillation, platforming, hydrotreating, hydrogen production, sulphur recovery units, and oil-product movements & blending. Definition and introduction of process performance monitoring & improvementsResponsible for technology strategy for change to Euro-II transport fuel specifications in 2000.

Shell Technology Centre, Amsterdam

Focal Point for multi-disciplinary FCC Reliability Improvement project teamResponsible for FCCU gas-solid separation, internals, and catalyst attrition R&D projects.Management of various extra-mural research project(s) at leading European universities.

London, England, United Kingdom

Conceiving, managing and performing projects providing qualitative and quantitative business analysis tor all of Shell UK Downstream divisions.Developed various models to assist investment decisions in UK mogas retail market.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Conception and development of thermodynamic prediction models and separation technology methodologies with particular emphasis on modelling of polar fluid mixtures.Publication of numerous refereed articles in internationally recognized scientific journals

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Captain of Baton Rouge Rugby Football Club PhD Dissertation "Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics of Gas.

Mba

MBA Dissertation "Comptency-Based Human Resource Management"

Bsc (Class 1), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Rugby Department Prize for best graduating student

Master Of Science - Msc, Chemical Engineering

Minor in Petroleum Engineering