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Contract management, development & advisory of a portfolio of new Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage (CCUS) contracts initiatives in UK.

ClimateCare & Climate Impact Partners. Working within a profit-for-purpose environmental and social impact company in the Voluntary Carbon Market, with high profile partners and clients. This highly commercial and relationship-focused role was initially focussed on overseeing the relationship management of selected key suppliers on a global basis, maintaining, and nurturing long-lasting relationships and negotiating the best commercial and legal terms for the business. Subsequent reorganisation refocussed the role towards steering the strategy and prioritisation of relationships for all project sourcing within a specific geography, considering a more diverse range of projects across the European and Africa markets, whilst reporting and aligning pipeline supply with offtake demand. Currently looking to do more in European and US based CCS / BECCS projects.This is a business development role with a target to grow and seal partnerships with carbon project developers/owners/investors and to problem solve / resolve delivery failures. Developing a strategic approach to portfolio building, assessing the business opportunities, assessing the projects and coordinating their due diligence to ensure any risks are identified & mitigated. Leading a team, mentoring and coaching junior team members; support their development, provide constructive feedback, knowledge share, ideas and experience. Required excellent communication skills, a pro-active approach and a detailed knowledge of the voluntary carbon market, spanning different types of carbon projects, their methodologies, emerging trends, market conditions and an understanding of the commercial drivers across the market, from project investment to commercialisation of credits.

An ethical opportunity hunter, using strong communication, strategic insight, technical awareness and entrepreneurial initiative to take ownership of business development in the multi-client energy business for my region – Geophysical and Geoscience projects. Researching the market to differentiate ION through new technology or gaps in the market. Reviewing strategic partnerships, capabilities & client needs to identify & target opportunities. Establish strong relationships with governments and exploration company clients as well as internal stakeholders or strategic partners to prioritise programs & generate a project funnel. Able to work autonomously and to incorporate ambiguity into decision making.Advised and supported the development of ION’s Energy Transition Planning, including opportunities in the Voluntary Carbon Market and Nature based Solutions, as well as CCS/CCUS, Geothermal and Deep Sea Mineral sectors.

Specialities: Africa, Middle East, Government Negotiations, Oil & Gas.Promoted internally to help lead business growth in Africa & Middle East. This multidisciplinary, outward-looking and opportunity-generating role required extensive travel and a versatile skill set. Crucially the role required diplomacy, perseverance and innovation, a strong commercial awareness, an excellent understanding of industry and government drivers and the ability to influence and negotiate successfully with key stakeholders at all levels, including C-Level. Taking responsibility for strategy, scoping ideas, costing & market testing them, multiple commercially successful projects were developed through a mixture of personal innovation & teamwork, opportunity spotting & screening and strong relationships. A varied role that required a versatile approach to project management / account management or the co-ordination of joint venture efforts with agents and partners; making the most of my communication and relationship building skills, especially where distributed teams needed managing. Post completion, projects were transitioned to a sales phase where I lend weight and credibility to client meetings / closing of deals as well as marketing efforts eg conference presentations, in order to secure additional revenues. Selected Achievements listed in Summary.

Approached and recruited to manage Business Development for Geological Products Division in UK, Norway and to expand the company internationally. Strong focus on Annual Subscriptions and new Technical Software & Data Sales as well as added value technical products and consultancy services for G&G exploration companies. Contributed to senior level strategic planning for company product development, sales and budgetary planning sessions. Maintained a strong feel for the different markets operating in the NW Europe region as well as overseas. Presented training courses and technical overviews of Geological, Geophysical and Petrophysical products at tradeshows and at client offices, as well as ensuring regular and constructive meetings with both existing and potential new clients. Negotiated with both Senior Exploration Company personnel and Government Agencies.Achievement: Achieved 30% more Multi-Client sales than budgeted in 2007 ($2million +)Achievement: Expanded business internationally into Australian MarketAchievement: Devised and presented several training courses on company G&G software.

Promoted into a Project Management & then again to a Business Development role. Provided focused account management on three substantial long-term Data Storage & Records Management projects: Focus on Data Rationalisation. This included Database population & rollout. Monitored and expanded scope and revenue of each project through frequent client visits, project reviews and project development discussions that established a friendly but professional face for the company and ensured good communications and attainment of project goals. Worked to develop E&P data management and storage business opportunities overseas in new territories.Achievement: Consulting on ‘Best Practice’ E&P data management for a major NOC.Achievement: Setup & ran the Indian NELPVI Data Room facility in London with Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (India).

Promoted in January 2001 to manage I.T infrastructure and to design and implement technical solutions to production related problems – including the adaptation and use of GIS systems within the data conditioning organisation. Took on responsibility for software sales, training and maintenance support. Worked as a member of the marketing team giving presentations to technical specialists and non-technical clients. Acted as industrial supervisor on a government funded TCS scheme in co-operation with the University of Reading. Devised and presented several training courses and wrote software manuals. Took on responsibility for failing in-house projects and developed and implemented new strategies for successfully turning them around.Achievement: Worked with the University of Reading to develop innovative enhancements to technical company software as part of a government funded project.

Supervised a team of five technical personnel. Ensured clients received high quality products in the time frames they required. Specialised in the scanning and conversion of seismic, well log and map data back into standard digital formats and the subsequent reprocessing of these data. Conducted data processing trials and presented results to technical experts. Loaded seismic and log data into workstation specific formats, (SeisWorks, Kingdom, SeisVision and IESX). Enjoyed some periods managing company operations overseas in client offices.

Performed general technical duties as required by consultants. Assisted in field supervision and acquisition of Ground penetrating radar, Time domain electromagnetic, Resistivity and Microgravity surveys. Designed and implemented an Associates database using MS Access. Maintained and data loaded GeoQuest IESX workstation and other geophysical modelling software. Assisted with the management of the company QA system.