John has 20 years' oil and gas experience with a diverse range of E&P companies and consultancies. He has a petroleum engineering background, although has specialized in commercial roles both in the UK and the USA with CNR, Amerada Hess and most recently the BG Group as economics manager. John has run his own consultancy since 2008 with projects in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Angola, Ivory Coast, Brazil, SE Asia, UK North sea, the Falklands and most recently Turkmenistan. John has sat within and more recently run new venture teams with global remits, both in conventional E&P, commercialization of gas through LNG and Coal Bed Methane.