Katherine Brice Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the management of the UK Geosciences Group and UK Services operations in the EMEA region; overseeing the delivery of client projects, training and consultancy, the provision of internal training, the.
• Line management and development of a team of ten geoscientists, based in Aberdeen and London
• Scheduling and overseeing the delivery of projects, consultancy, training and technical sales support
• Collaboration with all company departments and overseas offices, particularly the Business Development team, to ensure that the clients’ requirements were met

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Management of concurrent interpretation and reporting projects from kick-off to completion
• Organisation and coordination of personnel and resources, including inter-departmental and international collaborations, to meet tight deadlines whilst exceeding the required quality standards
• Direct client contact
• Mentoring and training of other Geoscience Team Leaders
• Identifying training requirements of team members and ensuring that the required training was provided to ensure team development

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• In the role of Geoscience Team Leader at Fugro Survey Ltd, Aberdeen, UK; management and quality control of concurrent interpretation and reporting projects, working to tight deadlines
• Organisation and coordination of personnel and resources, including inter-departmental collaborations
• Direct client contact
• Mentoring and training of less experienced personnel

Cape Town, South Africa

• Diverse and challenging role assisting with many aspects of the company start-up
• Contributing to company business plan, ISO compliance and marketing materials
• Development of procedures
• Contributing to the compilation of tender documentation, quotations and invoices

Cape Town, South Africa

• Managing the scientific, commercial and administrative activities of the Marine Geoscience Unit
• Line management and development of personnel in Cape Town and Durban
• Resource and operations management, including two small vessels
• Project planning and costing, scientific programming and budgeting
• Marketing of unit capabilities to potential clients
• Compilation of tenders, quotations and invoices

Cape Town, South Africa

In the role of Acting Manager of the Marine Geoscience Unit at the Council for Geoscience for six months prior to promotion to the role of manager. Specialist projects included marine geoscience input into South Africa’s nuclear sites program, on behalf of Eskom.

Worldwide

• This and the three geophysicist roles below involved the organisation, production and quality control of client projects, requiring team leadership, teamwork, inter-departmental collaboration and direct client contact.
• Main freelance contracts were with Fugro Survey Ltd / Fugro Geoteam Ltd, UK, Fugro Survey AS, Norway, Fugro UDI Ltd, UK, Fugro Survey (Middle East) Ltd, United Arab Emirates, Fugro Survey Pty Ltd, Australia, AS.
• International projects both on and offshore. Main projects were located in UK, Irish, Dutch and Norwegian Sectors, Australia, Arabian Gulf, Mediterranean, West Africa and Caspian Sea
• Geophysical data acquisition, interpretation, charting and report writing, detailing seabed and sub-seabed conditions for offshore installations. Data interpreted included bathymetric, side scan sonar, sub-bottom.

Dublin, Republic Of Ireland

Worldwide

UK

Postgraduate Diploma, Management, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Member of the RGU Business Society Key Learning: International Business Environment, Managing People, Finance.

Bsc, Geophysical Sciences

Key learning: Applied Geophysics, Geodynamics, Sedimentology, Coastal Oceanography, Environmental Seismology and Faulting, The Quaternary.

Education record

CSYS (A-level equivalent): General Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Physics Higher: English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography.