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London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Establishment, maturation and optimisation of a new digital organisation to drive strategic growth in the Emerging Energy Solutions portfolio, comprising Hydrogen, Carbon Capture & Storage, Nature Based Solutions, and Shell Ventures. Leading the team through strategic pivots and prioritisation to strategise, shape and deliver a compelling roadmap for data-driven, digitally native businesses. Driving capability collaboration and integration with many businesses and teams across Shell, including Renewable Generation, Energy Marketing, Trading and Supply, Mobility, Power Technology, Projects & Engineering, Safety, Environment & Asset Management, Computer Science & Digital Innovation.

London, England, Gb

Driving the digital transformation of Shell’s Hydrogen and Renewable Generation businesses, creating a modernised, agile, data driven organisation, delivering innovative products across all aspects of the integrated value chain. For Hydrogen, from electrolyser operations, to midstream capability, through to customer solutions and operations platforms for Shell’s rapidly expanding retailing network across the globe.For Renewable Generation, enabling growth in our operational wind, solar and storage capacity through greenfield Joint Venture development projects, acquisitions and value creation from integration of project pipeline, capabilities and technology. Our global portfolio of power plants is supported by innovative digital solutions and data platforms, enabling central teams delivering valuation, technical R&D surveillance and modelling functions, and cost competitive onshore and offshore asset operations and maintenance.

London, England, Gb

Maximising mutual value creation from our partnership through managing strategic supplier roadmaps and our investment and opportunity portfolio to optimise our relationships as a customer of IT services, a supplier of renewable energy and a Net Zero co-innovation partner of choice.

London, England, Gb

Accountable for IT strategy, delivery and operations for ‘Maintain Facilities’, ensuring safe and reliable operational excellence and fit for purpose maintenance execution. This is a broad and complex portfolio of five Asset Management global processes areas: Maintenance Execution, Manage Equipment Care, Turnarounds, Management of Threats & Opportunities, and Management of Change. Senior stakeholder management at global business and asset level, and navigation through a multitude of strategic and tactical convergence and integration opportunities with our Downstream Manufacturing and Projects & Technology portfolios. Experienced in working with non-operated ventures (NOV) and collaborating on IT Strategies and Roadmaps that are complementary to Shell’s mainstream businesses, including finding the right balance between adoption of Shell IT products vs. NOV specific choices.

London, England, Gb

Accountable for the identification and maturation of IT enabled business innovation opportunities for Shell’s Global Upstream and Integrated Gas businesses. Develops and nurtures external partnerships with academic institutions, start ups, venture capital firms and supplier research and development labs to leverage emerging technology trends and accelerate commercialisation.

London, England, Gb

Accountable for the identification and maturation of IT enabled business innovation opportunities for Shell’s Global Downstream business. Developed and nurtured external partnerships with governments,academic institutions, start ups, venture capital firms and supplier research and development labs to leverage emerging technology trends and accelerate commercialisation.Highlights included launching new business models and technology solutions for urban mobility and transportation, multi-channel connected customer/car experience, and sustainable energy services for cities.

London, England, Gb

Delivered IT strategy, innovation, projects, operations and information risk management to Shell’s Downstream Strategy and Alternative Energies business. Engaged in initiatives for Biofuels, Gas to Liquids, Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, and Low CO2 fuel efficiency solutions, and developed strategy and implementation plans for commercial scale capital projects.

London, England, Gb

Led a large scale organisational change impacting 4000 employees over a nine month period, implementing significant changes in business alignment, governance, processes, tools and data, supplier management, and performance metrics. I led the team tasked with implementing this change journey, designed and delivered the change management and communications strategy, and supported the organisation through the stabilisation period.

London, England, Gb

Delivered IT strategy, innovation, projects, operations and information risk management to Shell’s Downstream Finance, Tax and MI organisations. Led the delivery of a significant annual investment programme in standardised business processes and SAP implementation.

London, England, Gb

Delivered IT strategy, innovation, projects, operations and information risk management to Shell’s Downstream functional organisations. Led the delivery of a significant annual investment programme in standardised business processes and SAP implementation. Developed enterprise best practice for IT demand management and stakeholder engagement models.

London, England, Gb

Led cross business portfolio and architecture projects including the roll out of enterprise IT application management processes and tools.

London, England, Gb

Various projects around the globe covering applications, infrastructure and data.

Established the Pennine Waste Exchange, a first of its kind concept at the time to facilitate new avenues for waste exchange between commercial businesses and not for profit organisations. The waste exchange has grown significantly since its inception nearly twenty years ago, and now operates as part of a centralised platform covering Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East of England. Awarded Shell's UK award for 'Community Project of the Year'.

Executive Mba, Leadership And Strategic Management

Bsc(Hons), Medical Biochemistry