• Senior E&P Executive and Professional; 30+ years global experience with leading E&P companies and a track record of success. • Committed to excellence in HSEQ, trained in HSE management, leadership and incident investigation.• Extensive leadership and management experience including: building, mentoring and leading large multicultural technical teams, formulation and execution of exploration strategy, commercial and new ventures, government and regulator relationships, appraisal and development, JV management, budget planning, project management. • Wide ranging technical skills and international exposure to NV, exploration, development and production operations gained with large midcaps including OMV, Apache, Premier Oil and Petrofina and smaller independents such as NOGA, Monument and Charterhouse.• As a petroleum geologist with strong geophysical skills I have a track record of exploration and appraisal/development success. Technically responsibilty for a significant number of commercially successful wells: exploration, appraisal and development.• Ability to manage full E&P cycle, from exploration opportunity identification, seismic acquisition, prospect generation, exploration and appraisal drilling, through to development and production. • Focused on adding commercial value through ‘fit for purpose’ programs. Extensive experience of applying and managing ‘cutting edge’ geophysical and drilling operations in Eastern Europe, North Sea, North Africa and Asia Pacific regions. Strong understanding and experience of innovative technologies, which give significant leverage to successful E&P companies• Broad recent “New Ventures” expertise covering Africa, Europe, Middle East and Australasia. Extensive network of industry and regulatory/governmental contacts