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Saffron Walden

Since March 2019 I have held a Flight Examiner certificate issued by the UK CAA (Civil Aviation Authority). This means I can conduct LAPL(A) and PPL(A) initial skill tests, IMCR / IR(R) skill tests and LST / LPC tests for SEP rating issue / re-validation.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Offering advice and support to energy companies in business development, strategy, innovation, collaborative ventures, organisational and process design, leadership development, and project and risk management. Capabilities span the oil and gas, energy and technology sectors with deep expertise in exploration and sub-surface sciences. Willing to offer ad hoc advice and support in longer term projects.

Harwell

NWS's mission is the management of the UK’s nuclear waste, safely and securely for generations to come. A key part of NWS's purpose is to deliver a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for the permanent disposal of higher activity radioactive waste. Initially a member of RWM's multi-disciplinary Advisory Council and now as one of NWS's Expert Panel Members, I provide sub-surface technical expertise, advice and strategic challenge to its growing programme of site assessments. NWS is part of the NDA group (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority). The GDF is one of the UK’s largest environmental and infrastructure programmes. NWS is presently engaged in the search for a suitable UK site for the GDF, which is based on geoscience and engineering assessments and requires the consent of potential host communities. NWS (and its predecessor RWM) rely on external advice to independently scrutinise and challenge its plans and activities.

Essex

I hold a CPL(A) with SEP, TMG, FI(A), IR(R), IRI and Night ratings.I instruct ab initio PPL students in both practical flying and theory (ground school) training, and training to CPL students. I also provide recurrent training to licence holders and advanced training for the UK IMC rating (IR(R)rating) and Night rating.

Job accountabilities(1) Technical project assurance, personally and through a network of regional consultants. This includes advice to the executive VP of global exploration, review of asset’s annual exploration plans (2) Definition and promulgation of exploration processes and standards(3) Technology development and deployment, interfacing both with the R&D business and with exploration ventures(4) Organisational capability, skills & competence development and venture resourcing(5) Central support for IT/IM, HSSE and technical assists to exploration ventures(6) Member of the global exploration leadership team, reporting to the Executive Vice President, Global Exploration.Job dimensions7 direct reports + 7 consultants with a dual reporting line. Impact on $4 bln+ global exploration budget, with discovered volumes of 1+ bln boe annually.

Director of the South Rub al Khali Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Shell, exploring for and developing deep gas in Saudi Arabia.

Job accountabilities (1) Governance of Shell's EP activities in Kazakhstan (a) most notably for Shell's interest in the N. Caspian PSA operated by Agip, which includes the giant Kashagan field, (b) Provision of support and challenge to Shell Kazakhstan management, (c) country / regional strategy development, (d) external relationship development. (2) Evaluation and delivery of new business opportunities in Kazakhstan. (3) Provision of exploration functional advice to VP's, OU's and ensuring application of relevant processes in the development, QC and selection of exploration opportunities. Challenge, develop and review the regional exploration programme and budget. (4) Provision of management information to Regional Managing Director, Global Exploration Director and EP CEO, and stewardship of funding proposals for all the above.Job dimensionsShell budget in 2003 was $277 mln in the NCPSA (16.7% interest); the Kashagan field haspotential reserves of 16 bln bbls (100% basis). Some 5 exploration, production and pipelineopportunities were investigated

Accountabilities (1) Exploration strategic planning - company-wide level and in Frontier Asset. (2) Responsible for the integrity and quality of prospect portfolio and evaluationprocesses. (3) Coordinator of Near-Field Exploration (NFE) activities. (4) Member of Exploration Leadership team (XLT) and deputy to Exploration Director. Shared responsibility for liaison with Ministry of Oil & Gas officials.Job dimensions:Shared responsibility for annual exploration programme ($135 million, 48 string months in 2000). The portfolio comprised >280 prospects; 220 MM m expectation oil and 240bcm gas, and half as much again in undefined potential. The Exploration Directorate comprised230 staff, dominantly in the Frontier and GeoSolutions assets. The Planning Team itselfcomprised 5 staff. NFE was distributed across 6 Asset teams, involving 9 direct staff and abudget of $32 million in 2001.Achievements· Annual targets of 70 MM bbls oil & 0.7 Tcf gas reserves were consistently exceeded.· Transformed NFE from a failing part of the business to one which met its business targets in 2000, delivering 26 MM bbls reserves (finding cost < $0.50/bbl), with production from exploration wells at an all time high of 18,000 bpd· Developed and documented PDO's annual exploration programme and 5-year strategy; in 1999 this entailed substantial economic analysis, with PDO's exploration programme being endorsed in its entirety at the Shell Exploration Managers forum· Laid the foundation for a Middle East and later global network of prospect evaluators, developing common objectives and prospect risk assessment methodologies· Developed numerical models and strategy scenarios, to define optimum activity levels and drilling mix, and to set concrete long- and short-term targets for company planning and performance-related pay

1998 – 2001: Exploration Planning Manager and Corporate Functional Discipline Head for exploration geology (“Chief Geologist”), Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) 2000 – 2002: concurrently with the above: Near-field Exploration Co-ordinator, PDO1997 – 1998: Seconded to asset-management organisational re-design team, PDO1995 – 1997: Manager of geological services, PDO1991 – 1995: Manager of structural geology research, Shell Research1986 – 1991: Senior exploration geoscientist, Gulf of Suez & NW Desert, Shell Egypt1983 – 1986: Exploration seismic interpreter, PDO1979 – 1983: Research structural geologist, Shell Research

Job dimensions & accountabilitiesManagement of 65 staff, with 3 direct subordinates, in the Geological Laboratory, RegionalStudies and Geological Computing Teams. Departmental budget $14 million, customer base 115geoscientists. Member of the Exploration Leadership team.Achievements· Delivered high-quality services in all areas, but most notably in... a demanding workstation- user community; geological / stratigraphic operations; a safe and effective field-work programme; Frontier play evaluation: defined business-focussed multi-disciplinary analyses of petroleum systems· Upgrade the exploration IT capability including capture of legacy data, workstation utilization, and introduction of new interpretation tools· Designed and delivered the contracting out of routine exploration lab servicesCorporate Functional Discipline Head, Exploration Geology (concurrent with above jobs)Job dimensions & accountabilitiesResponsible for staff development and skills management (75 evaluation staff), risk advice andtechnology management in the exploration geology discipline. Management of Technology &Services programmes in geology (budget $3.3 million).Achievements· Defined the framework and content for professional development of all exploration staff· Delivery of a focussed internal and external technology plan

Job dimensions & accountabilities (1) Management of a team of 16 geoscientists engaged in fundamental and applied research in structural geology and trap integrity, development of computer software tools, and advanced technical training. (2) Consultancy in structural geology as applied in exploration and field development. Team research budget was approx. Nfl. 6 million annually.Achievements· Managed a diverse portfolio of 10-15 projects per year for Shell OU's (UK, NAM, Nigeria, PDO, Brunei, Norway, Kenya), addressing exploration risks, production geology / reservoir engineering issues, and provided exploration advice to New Business Development. These ran in parallel with more fundamental science projects· Conducted a personal research programme in hydrocarbon retention· Made substantial input to the concepts and interface design of new software for structural analysis, fracture prediction, palinspastic reconstruction and top / fault seal ranking· Applied OU experience to ensure business focus in the research programme· Designed and delivered structural seminars as a means of technology and skills transfer

Job dimensions & accountabilities (1) Exploration in Shell's Gulf of Suez and Western Desert concessions; seismic interpretation at regional to prospect scale; geological synthesis and play analysis. (2) Recommendations for acreage acquisition arising from bid-rounds and farm-ins.Achievements· Regional geological models, seismic acquisition and interpretation, and prospect evaluation in the Obaiyed and Matruh concessions which formed the basis for the Obaiyed gas discovery (7 Tcf gas & 800 MM bbls condensate)· Interpretation of the Gemsa 3D seismic survey, leading to discovery of Gemsa offshore oil- field (50 MM bbls); subsequently co-authored the field development plan· Assessment of the undiscovered potential of the Gulf of Suez· Introduction of first Landmark workstation in Shell Egypt, pioneering its use for regional to prospect-scale 2D seismic interpretation

Job dimensions & accountabilitiesSeismic interpretation and geological evaluation in the unexplored areas of Waghald, WesternMargin and Dhahaban areas of South Oman.Achievements Delivery of a large prospect inventory and well proposals for 5 high-risk exploration wells and 2 outstep exploration wells for intra-salt targets Developed the tectonic model for the Western margin of the S. Oman Salt Basin

Job dimensions & accountabilities (1) Structural geology research, focussing on fault tectonics, models for seismic interpretation, new methods for assessing hydrocarbon retention. (2) Participation in geological consultancy and technical training.Achievements Development of an extensive set of (sandbox) models for strike-slip and inversion tectonics applied to seismic interpretation and regional tectonic analyses