34 years with BP, now an independent consultant with 42 years experience in drilling engineering and operations. Provides advice on management systems, frontier exploration projects in deep water and remote areas, shale gas operations, process safety, well control and forensic reviews of operational problems. A major focus on the human factors aspects of managing major accident risk in drilling operations. Extensive field experience as well site supervisor, drilling engineer, project manager and drilling manager. Track record of innovation in: directional drilling, surveying, field development, rig design, casing design, shallow gas simulations and diverter systems, moorings and deep water riser design with 60 technical papers and articles. Experienced in many parts of the world on land, offshore, deep water, exploration and development work. Contributor to organisational strategy development, contracting strategies and R&D technology programmes. Project managed R&D projects, lead implementation of new and novel technologies and remote area exploration operations, including arctic and ice management. Conducted research into human factors and decision making, putting the results into practice. Developed project management techniques and management systems for remote area exploration and new start projects. Accustomed to tackling high risk and complex projects under conditions of uncertainty and schedule compression.SPE service: Board of Directors, chairman of SPE/IADC Drilling conference, Forum Series and Editorial Review Committee. Past chairman of Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section. Recipient of the SPE Drilling Engineering Award 2011. Chairman of SPE 2012 summit conference on “Human Factors in Complex Systems” and 2014 workshop on Human Factors in Drilling.Advisor to Research Council of Norway and Intl Research Inst of Stavanger. Director of Kilchoman Distillery Company, Lecht Ski Company, Reelwell A/S and Smart Wellbore Systems Ltd