History
He has some 45 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has had a successful and diverse career in significant senior leadership positions, leading large multi-functional organisations in many locations, cultures and operating environments with a proven track record in international commercial negotiations. He is a strong advocate of the delivery of results through the systematic development of human capital.
He joined Esso UK, a subsidiary of the then Exxon Corporation, in 1976. He initially worked in the downstream sector in Esso UK and Esso Europe until 1989 in technical, operational and supply planning roles. He then spent the next 20 years working internationally for Exxon and then ExxonMobil Corporation’s upstream sector, including three assignments in Malaysia, four in the United States, and one in Saudi Arabia.
He was Chairman and Managing Director of the ExxonMobil subsidiaries in Malaysia from 2003 until 2006, where he oversaw all aspects of ExxonMobil’s business, including managing relationships with the Government of Malaysia, joint venturers, Bursa Malaysia and stakeholders. His significant accomplishments include, on behalf of the ExxonMobil/PETRONAS Carigali joint venture, successfully developing the unprecedented Gas Production Sharing Contract, executed with PETRONAS in 1998, which anchors reliable natural gas supply for the nation until today.
He then became Executive Assistant to Chairman of Exxon Corporation and later Vice President of New Business Development, ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Company, where he led negotiations that culminated in ExxonMobil securing operatorship positions in Core Ventures 1 and 2 in Saudi Arabia’s Natural Gas Initiative. He then assumed the position of Executive Vice President, Upstream in Core Venture 1, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
From 2006 to 2008, in his role as Vice President of ExxonMobil Development Company, responsible for the development of its global non-operated capital project portfolio, he led ExxonMobil’s participation in the settlement of the dispute between the Kashagan project partners and the Government of Kazakhstan.
Simultaneously, he reignited and led the development of the successful Hebron project in Canada, which had remained undeveloped for many years, including ExxonMobil taking over operatorship.
Subsequently, he has been a Senior Advisor to Bain and Company, a management consultancy headquartered in Boston, United States. He has used his extensive experience to advise on a wide range of projects internationally in locations such as Malaysia, Russia, Australia, Thailand, the United States, Canada, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
He is currently the Chairman of Ping Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of the Company.
He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (hons) in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University, United Kingdom.
