Director & Principal Consultant – Constable Energy Consulting, Cambridge

 

July 2020 – present

 

Independent consultant supporting energy, mining and infrastructure clients on complex technical, strategic and environmental challenges, with particular strengths in programme delivery, strategic risk, subsurface uncertainty and asset lifecycle decision-making.

• Led technical and strategic work across subsurface risk, CCS, geothermal, energy transition and integrated environment, climate and nature risk for asset-intensive sectors.

• Adapted and extended subsurface risking methodologies from oil and gas to long-term CO2 storage project risk assessment.

• Extended quantitative risking workflows to other conventional and transition energy projects.

• Assessed global nickel supply chain from mines to battery manufacturers supporting low-carbon mining technology start-up.

• Developed workflows and tools for wind site screening and selection, and reviewed technologies for low-carbon energy applications.

• Provided technically grounded support where environmental, operational and strategic risks intersect and require clear decision-making.

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Co‑Founder & Technical Director – sustain:able, Cambridge
 

May 2021 – present

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Provide strategic advisory support to executive teams and boards in energy and mining, helping them integrate environment, climate and broader ESG considerations into governance, risk, capital decision-making and long-term business planning.

• Design and implement ESG, climate and environment strategies, including integration into governance, risk and capital decision-making.

• Lead greenhouse gas inventories and forecasting across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, and develop decarbonisation and net zero roadmaps; ISO 14064-1 and -2 qualified.

• Analyse operations to identify emissions and materials reduction opportunities and practical pathways to downshift and diversify.

• Support alignment with key reporting and disclosure frameworks, including TCFD, ISSB / IFRS S2, GRI, CDP and SASB.

• Advise on ESG and sustainability aspects of IPO preparation and investor engagement.

• Deliver communication and training on ESG, climate and nature topics for staff, executive teams and boards.

• Contributed to external education, including a Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain “Social Licence to Operate” night school module in April 2022.​

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Geoscience Manager – Delonex Energy, London

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November 2018 – July 2020

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Responsible for planning, resourcing, execution and quality assurance of exploration geoscience projects across all company assets, reporting directly to the CEO and liaising directly with the Board.

• Managed a team of approximately 12 technical staff and contractors across multiple asset workstreams.

• Led geoscience contribution to an accelerated exploration programme in Chad, delivering more than 3,500 km2 of 3D seismic and six exploration wells in 2.5 years with a 67% technical success rate, versus a global average of around 35%.

• Developed and managed an exploration portfolio of more than 350 prospects and leads representing over 1 billion BOE risked prospective resources.

• Integrated new data, drilling results and risking to support ongoing portfolio decisions.

• Balanced technical, operational, financial and strategic considerations to maintain programme pace and quality.

 

 

Asset Manager – Delonex Energy, London

 

February 2018 – November 2018

 

Asset Manager for exploration assets in Kenya and Ethiopia, reporting directly to the CEO.

• Managed safe execution of a 10 million US dollar onshore seismic acquisition project in Kenya involving more than 370 personnel.

• Achieved zero Lost Time Incidents while meeting time, budget, community and environmental commitments.

• Led engagement with governments, joint venture partners, farm-in partners, contractors, consultants and the Board.

• Oversaw work at the interface of technical delivery, stakeholder management, operational execution and governance.

 

 

Principal Geologist, New Ventures – Delonex Energy, London

 

February 2015 – January 2018

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Led rapid technical and commercial evaluation of new ventures across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, working in multidisciplinary teams.

• New ventures evaluations of opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Bangladesh, screening >100 opportunities over 3 years.

• Delivered basin and country-scale geoscience projects to support licensing rounds and direct negotiations.

• Supported commercially important decisions through integrated technical and strategic evaluation.

 

 

Senior Geologist (Exploration) – OMV AG, Vienna

 

May 2012 – December 2014

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• Conducted regional basin prospectivity reviews in Africa and the Middle East and contributed to asset peer reviews and farm‑in evaluations.

• Developed and rolled out internal guidelines for regional play evaluation and risk mapping, improving consistency in portfolio risk assessment across the company.

• Supported two new‑country entries in Sub‑Saharan Africa.

 

 

Senior Exploration Geologist – OMV New Zealand, Wellington

 

February 2006 – May 2012

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• Led and contributed to exploration work programmes in operated and non‑operated permits in the Taranaki and Great South Basins and beyond.

• Developed a new sequence stratigraphic scheme for the Great South Basin, integrated with basin modelling and seismic facies mapping, which helped identify new play concepts and refine existing rift plays.

 

 

Sedimentologist – GNS Science, Wellington

 

June 2002 – February 2006

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• Delivered proprietary studies on exploration potential, reservoir quality and well performance for industry clients.

• Contributed to multi‑disciplinary research projects, with outputs published in journals and conference proceedings.​