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Informed articles from the go-to people in the oil and gas industry
Jens Thomassen, Director, Denham Capital
I run our power investments primarily in Africa. What that means is finding new investments, running them and then selling them.
Lisa Pinsley, Director, Energy, Actis
I began investing in the Africa power sector in 2009. Previously my career included five years in the public sector in Afghanistan, working for the Afghan Finance Minister on economic reform including the energy sector and the UN on job creation.
Ignacio Quesada, Managing Director – Mexico, Alvarez & Marsal
After more than 20 years of experience in the sector and by working from many different angles.
David Bishop, Local Content Specialist, World Bank
I advise the Kenya Government on Local Content through the Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP), a World Bank funded Kenya Government delivered capacity building project for Oil and Gas.
Alfredo Alvarez Laparte, Energy Leader – Mexico & Central America, EY
As an International Tax Advisor I have always been involved with Energy Companies, however, when Energy Reform was enacted EY decided to dedicate me fully to Energy, guiding its efforts to become an eminent Energy Advisor in Mexico.
Jarl Pedersen, Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Corpus Christi Authority
I have always had a fascination for the energy industry and I received my Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Energy Systems.
Tim Duncan, President & CEO, Talos Energy
My Dad was an engineer with Amoco early in his career and as a child we travelled the world on his job assignments, which led to my interest in not only the oil and gas business industry, but also the global reach of the business.
Emeliana Rice-Oxley, Vice President, Exploration, PETRONAS
Natural progression – PETRONAS offered a scholarship for me to study geology in the US. Joining the oil and gas industry seemed a natural fit after I graduated.
Oscar Roldán Flores, Head of the National Data Repository, CNH
It happened in 2006 when received an invitation to work in the Ministry of Energy to start defining a possible reform in the hydrocarbons sector.
Sanjay Joshi, Head of Customer Management, Asia Pacific Aker Solutions
I started in this industry as a process engineer in 1992. In my early days, I worked on both greenfield and brownfield projects in the North Sea and the Middle East.
Shaun Gregory, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, Woodside Energy
Accidentally. In my third year of Mathematics at University I took a vacation job with a Company that turned out to be Oil and Gas. Loved the real world application of Mathematics and became a Geophysicist.
Mark Richardson, North Sea Projects Chief, Apache
I left the military to change careers, and intended to study law at Aberdeen University, but with a back ground in engineering and diving I got sucked into oil and gas.