Before taking early retirement in the autumn of 2012 I worked for 43 years in the downstream oil industry, the first 19 being with Esso in the UK, and the remainder with Kuwait Petroleum International. In KPI I occupied a series of senior positions both in the European Head Office and a range of Operating Units, culminating in a five year+ stint as Finance, Planning and Marketing Director of KPI's largest Operating Unit, Kuwait Petroleum Italia. I have wide experience in all aspects of downstream oil, although as a non-engineer I have never worked inside a refinery operation. My years of involvement in and experience of the oil markets gives me a considerably broader understanding of and insight into this complex business than many who have come to it more recentlyApart from those roles where professional engineering is a basic requirement during my career I have had experience in almost all major functions at senior management and/or director level, as will be clear from reading the more detailed CV below.Having now relocated back to the UK I have yet to make any final decision for the future but would like to have the opportunity to share the experience and expertise I have amassed in an advisory or non-executive director capacity, either in an oil-industry-related environment, or elsewhere.I am a member of both the Institute of Directors and the Energy Institute