Principal Consultants

The consultants employed by Èpeus bring with them a breadth and depth of project and technical knowledge honed over many years in the project management industry. Knowledge transfer from projects happens at both a personnel level and a company level meaning that our personnel and teams bring vital lessons learned and local knowledge of many projects the world over.

Èpeus has been involved in projects across the globe and therefore understand the risks to project success in most areas of the world.


Mark Thompson
Principal Consultant, Client Advisor

Mark consults, advising senior managers within the financial, exploration and production, and drilling contractor sectors of the industry.

He is a highly skilled and experienced project professional with a proven track record for successfully completing complex and innovative multi million US dollar projects.

Recent Projects:
Borgney Dolphin Review, Prosafe Regalia Project Review, Thor Project, Seadragon Due Diligence & Seadragon Project Strategy Development


Paul Franzetti
Principal Consultant, Contracts and Dispute Resolution

A lawyer, Paul’s experience is from complex general business litigation in the US and international arbitration, involving claims arising out of design and build construction contracts, general contracts, antitrust and securities issues, technology transfer agreements, employment discrimination, partnership issues and expropriation of assets.

 

Dave Hutchinson
Principal Consultant, Drilling Rigs

Dave is a professional Marine Engineer and Project Manager specialising in drilling rig project design, construction, commissioning, and maintenance. Dave’s experience covers drilling rig operations, maintenance, and project management, equipping him with valuable knowledge of almost all drilling and drilling related equipment and systems.

Dave’s team includes industry specialists such as mechanical, electrical and construction engineers. Members of his team are Russell Miller, Niall McCarthy and Adrian Popescu

Recent Projects:
Borgney Dolphin Review, Thor project, Searex 10 Definition, Triwell Project (China), Morgan Stanley (China), Energy Exerter & Seadragon due diligence

Abbie Strachan
Principal Consultant, Engineering and Construction

Abbie has been involved with design, maintenance, construction and operations of drilling rigs, platforms and other vessels. He has accumulated over 25 years of experience in various project positions both in the UK and overseas.

He has also been involved with business support roles, maintaining close working relationship with clients, in particular through alliance and partnering contracts.

Recent Projects:
Searex 10 Definition, Prosafe Regalia Project Review & BP Magnus


John Morrison
Principal Consultant, Field Development Projects

John is a project and oil field operations professional with extensive experience of managing both multi-million US dollar oil field operations and field development projects of E&P Operators.

He has an international background and a breadth of knowledge and experience that allows him to deliver successful outcomes on a diverse range of projects.

John’s team includes industry specialists such as geologists, well test engineers, petroleum engineers etc. One of his team members is Jennifer Mbanaja, Petroleum Engineer.

Derek Toal
Principal Consultant, Project Audit & Risk Management

Derek is a major projects qualified practitioner with extensive practical experience as well as academic knowledge gained across a wide spectrum of management roles and responsibilities.  He has extensive experience in project management and quality assurance, as well as performance measurement and systems evaluation within the drilling, marine, defence, major construction, and nuclear sectors of industry, including design application, risk management, stakeholder issues, procurement, construction, and service delivery.

Derek heads the Project Assurance Team (PAT).  His team includes qualified assessors and auditors. Members of his team are Ken Grassick and Damilola Olutogun.

Recent Projects:
Prosafe Regalia Project Review, Al Baraka & Barracuda

 

Bob Kennedy
Principal Consultant, Project Services & Controls

Bob is a project controls expert with a wealth of experience of project planning, cost control, contract management, and risk assessment and management. Bob is an innovative thinker who has honed his experience on drilling rig, sub-sea, refineries, petro-chemicals, module fabrication, offshore hook-up & commissioning, Brownfield, shutdowns, and conversion projects.

Recent Projects:
Prosafe Regalia (Project Controls Development and Implementation) & Seadragon Project Strategy Development


Adrian Sutcliffe
Principal Consultant, Project Security & Risk

Originally a member of UK Special Forces, Adrian has extensive experience in industry, consulting around the world for companies including Lloyds Register and many national governments. He has specialist knowledge of marine and offshore security but also possesses knowledge and experience of crisis and incident management, facilities and personnel security solutions and risk mitigation and management for all types of project.


 

 
 
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