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Key Skills & Strengths

Strong analytical skills in micro and macro-economics

  • Strong academic foundation in economic principles, enhanced by life-long learning attitude and professional learning opportunities
  • Policy analysis and project evaluations
  • Global energy market forecasts and analysis, scenario construction, sector outlooks

Broad knowledge of the energy sector and energy issues

  • Over 25 years experience in energy economics, as an analyst and an executive, in the government of a major crude oil and natural gas producing jurisdiction
  • Direct involvement in high level policy making and negotiations, involving national energy policies and mega-project developments and dispositions
  • Key role in oil sands policy and fiscal developments
  • Over 10 years as a consultant to industry and governments on fiscal regimes, regulatory frameworks and energy markets

Significant international experience

  • 2 years as advisor to the national oil company and Minister of Energy in Tanzania – production sharing, refining economics, gas development, crude oil acquisition
  • Presenter of training workshops or participant in international petroleum conferences in Canada, Tanzania, USA, India, China, Pakistan, Colombia, Bolivia, Bangladesh
    and Belize
  • Past Board member of Canadian Petroleum Institute and Canadian Energy Research Institute
  • Consultant to developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia on fiscal regimes, energy modeling, energy statistics and training activities in energy and regulatory economics

Mature judgement and experience

  • Extensive, wide-ranging experience provides ability to discern what makes practical sense from what does not, what will work from what will notLeadership skills
  • Has emerged as natural leader in many situations, based on interpersonal skills, breadth of perspective, mature judgement and strong analytical skills Personal integrity
  • Widely recognized for high standard of probity in public service and practice of principle-centered leadership

Leadership skills

  • Has emerged as natural leader in many situations, based on interpersonal skills, breadth of perspective, mature judgement and strong analytical skills

Personal integrity

  • Widely recognized for high standard of probity in public service and practice of principle-centred leadership