I started downstream with a 200MW barge-mounted power-plant in 1995 in a country that no one else wanted to go to. Since then the energy industry, downstream & upstream, has been a passion of mine.
I joined a law firm that was involved with oil and gas, as soon as I became admitted to the PNG Bar.
I was scholar of an oil and gas company that assigned me into oil and gas division during my practical training.
I was looking to move in-house just after the 1998 Asian economic crisis. A ex classmate offered me a role at Shell where they had an urgent opening to fill, and my experience was a good fit.
Prior to my position at SK Innovation as VP of E&P Strategy & Planning, I have been involved in the oil and gas industry as an attorney in a major US law firm and as an investment banker and asset manager at Wall Street.
I have spent my whole career in the gas and energy services industry, my first job position being in the gas transmission sector.
I was student hunted by an IOC in 1981 and joined oil and gas ever since.
I worked in the Middle East (Oman) for six years and worked on China-Oman oil technology cooperation.
Energean is an independent E&P company with a focus on the East Mediterranean and North Africa, and is the only company producing oil and gas in Greece.
I am Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development. I (along with Suncor’s CEO) have responsibility for Strategic Direction of the Corporation.
Exxon recruited geoscientists at my university and the opportunity to work at Exxon Research under Peter Vail in Seismic Stratigraphy was an offer not to be refused.
The fall in commodity prices has required the industry to challenge and reduce the costs of every aspect of the energy sector.
