A highly competent management team with deep skills and experience

Howard is Senior Independent Director at EnQuest plc, an upstream oil and gas producer. A petroleum engineer by background, Howard has over 40 years of global oil industry experience across the E&P value chain, including 20 years at senior executive level and has led a multitude of acquisitions and divestments in many countries around the world. 

He started with Schlumberger and then joined Mobil, working initially on North Sea field developments and production operations, before moving to Austria with a focus on onshore operations, including gas storage. His last role with Mobil was General Manager of its Austrian business.

He then joined BHP Petroleum as Regional President Europe, Russia, Africa and Middle East based in London, before taking on the position of President, Global Exploration and Alliance Development. He moved to Hess as Senior Vice President, North Sea and International, overseeing significant growth in Hess’s operations in Algeria and South East Asia. He became SVP, Global New Business Development, and oversaw divestments in excess of $6 billion and lastly was SVP, Strategy, Commercial and Business Development, obtaining Board approval for Hess’s revised strategic direction.

Howard is keen to take an active role in an orderly energy transition, and views geothermal energy as an important part of this transition.

Howard holds a MA in Chemical Engineering from Clare College, Cambridge, and a MSc. in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College.

Rani has more than 20 years’ experience across Shell International, Hess and Tullow in a variety of technical, project management and executive management roles across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa.

She has led multi-billion dollar projects across the globe from unconventional shales in the US to oil developments in East Africa, has been the driving force behind several major acquisitions and was most recently Chief Petroleum Engineer for Tullow.

Rani is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Trustee for the Oxford Food Hub and a Director for South Essex College. She has a degree in Engineering Science and another in Public Policy from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

John has over 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience in both the Services and Integrated Oil and Gas companies, with the majority of that time with BP and most recently in consulting. He has been engaged in a variety of HSSE, leadership, technical, commercial and supply chain management roles during that period.

John holds a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Queens University, Belfast and an MBA.

Ribhi is a distinguished advisor with 40 years’ experience, mostly as BP`s Middle East representative.

He has high level contacts and specialises in the management of government relationships for senior corporate leaders throughout the Middle East region. He has worked across Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan.

Ribhi played a key role in BP’s access to Iraq and Jordan and represented BP at OPEC. He was a board member for BP Arabia and BP Solar.

Philip has 35 years experience in the oil & gas industry working on projects in Europe, North Africa, South America and South East Asia. He started as a geophysicist before moving into management and has held senior technical roles at small and mid-size companies.

Having built and managed successful multi-cultural teams in several countries, Philip is committed to continuing personal development for all. He is also a firm believer in technical excellence, but without losing sight of the business objectives.

Philip has a BSc in Physics and a MSc in Geophysics from Imperial College, London.

Adrian is a Chartered Petroleum Engineer with over 30 years oil and gas industry experience gained with a major integrated oil & gas company and in consulting to a variety of oil & gas companies.

Adrian’s background demonstrates a broad petroleum engineering capability which with an extensive resource development experience has supported both sustaining and growing businesses across the value chain from exploration through to asset management. He has worked across many cultures with experience of developing knowledge transfer and management systems.

Adrian is the current chair of the London Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers with a particular focus on developing the society’s Net Zero and Sustainability programs.

Sabine has 26 years’ of experience working in world leading organisations across the BBC, BP and Northrop Grumman in various Sales and Commercial Finance roles. 

She worked for over 15 years at BP as a Commercial Manager where she was involved in several projects including the implementation of a bespoke system for BP Shipping. Furthermore she initiated, developed and embedded new Financial Month-End Closing processes. 

Sabine is an individual with a passion for nature and is a committee member of FOLAR, an organisation committed to the preservation and enhancement of a local nature reserve.