
- Helping you plot your authentic course in change

Skills
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Change Journeys
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Project / Program Management
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Feasibility Studies
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Strategy or concept development
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Interface Management
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Decision Quality
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Strategic & Project Risk Management
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Strategic Relationship Management
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Managing for diversity & Inclusiveness
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Talent Management
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Accredited Coach & Mentor
Employment History
Languages
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English (Fluent)
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Dutch (Fluent)
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French (Business)
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German (Business)
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EIA EMCC
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ICF (in progress)
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Diversity & Inclusiveness Certificate, Cornell University
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MSc Industrial Design Engineering - Innovation Management, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands
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Strategic Decision & Risk Management Program, USA (ongoing), Stanford University, California, USA
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MCips, Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, United Kingdom
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That Extra Mile
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Set up & Lead Professional Women Expat Network in Bangalore for 3 years
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Sponsor, Mentor and local lead for Shell India Women Network
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Initiated & Lead working mothers network in Shell Houston for 2.5 years
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Lead Shell Upstream Europe New Professionals Network
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Initiated & Lead first corporate decathlon team Shell Aberdeen (1st place that year)
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Selected BeNeLux representative for the Linde Junior Circle (International 2-year development program for high potential staff)
Accreditation & Education
Gulf of Mexico Delivery Manager | Shell Exploration & Production Company | New Orleans, USA | June 2017 to May 2018
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Develop & Lead new formed business / continuous improvement team (“Fit for the Future”) for the world’s market leading deepwater production operations in the GOM
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Operationalize business improvement targets including the longer term continuous improvement strategy and leverage learnings 3rd parties and Shell group.
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Stretch annual business improvement targets for the business realized (confidential)
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Interim manager for adaptation and implementation of the new global asset / business management system.
Global Manager Upstream Integration Program Office Integrated Gas
& Lead Bangalore P&T HUB Business Improvement
| Shell India Ltd Bangalore, India | July 2015 to June 2017
Global Upstream Integration Manager:
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For the Global Upstream Gas Portfolio for Shell embedding of the corporate business improvement program focussed on competitiveness & new ways of working maximizing leverage & synergies from elsewhere within the Shell business.
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Develop additional initiatives and/or acquire externally additional initiatives for the same portfolio to ensure competitive targets are met. (Confidential)
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Interim lead facilitating Global Technology Deployment in Upstream Gas to course correct when original targets not achieved.
Projects & Technology HUB Improvement Lead:
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Lead the start-up, implementation and progression of the business improvement plan and resulting strategy refresh for the Bangalore Projects & Technology HUB (1 of 3 globally, Focus: ways of working, digitization, technology, new energy and competitiveness at low oil price)
Front End Development Manager / Field Development Planner, Majnoon Project (Iraq) | Shell India Ltd Bangalore, India | December 2012 to June 2015
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·Delivery of the integrated concept development and associated feasibility studies for contracted developments in the Hawizeh Marshes / Ramsar (40% of the total Hydrocarbons, protected wet lands, biodiverse, culturally sensitive, remnants of war).
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Delivery of the integrated development plan incl. pilot proposals for contracted Waterflood (Production increase from 600 to 1000 kbbl/day).
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Managed up to 180 resources to deliver the various scopes without any direct reporting lines (Matrix Organization)
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Coordinate the Bangalore based discipline engineering support to all Majnoon project & asset scopes.
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Bangalore office lead for task force to improve ways of working & integration between various project and venture teams in Bangalore, Dubai & Iraq.
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Coordinator Technical Decision Panel: integrated decision-based planning process for all integrated technical decisions in the US$30 Billion project.
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Bangalore Discipline Focal point for Field Development planning including responsibility as (regional) location coach in training people in Shell’s project management & development processes, project risk management & decision quality.
Sr Field Development Planner, AERA Projects | Shell Int. Exploration & Production Inc Houston, USA | February 2011 to December 2012
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Two Teriary Recovery Projects, Ventura CO2 and Belridge Diatomite Steam Drive for AERA JV
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Integration (five geographical locations), and delivery of multidisciplinary technical evaluations per project including a successful feasibility review and decision to continue maturation of the project ( ‘best in class’ awards).
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Recognized induction of AERA team members in Shell project management processes & associated requirements, standards & guides
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Delivery of a due diligence exercise on Belridge performance by AERA
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Manage all support from Economist & project services/controls disciplines
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Global Shell coordinator for field development planning tool (Wellspring)
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Location coach for Houston Projects & Technology HUB for Shell’s stage gated project development process, project risk management & decision quality.
Project Services Coordinator & Estimator | Shell Int. Exploration & Production Inc Houston, USA | September 2008 to January 2011
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Shaped the opportunity and became resident subject matter expert on standardization of deepwater oil & gas facilities (special recognition awards, Phoenix, Vito & Appomattox Projects)
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Recorded contributor to the technical work and business case underpinning patent submission for Close Proximity Wells.
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Functional delivery for the project controls disciplines: improved assurance, internal quality delivery, set up performance measurement systems and update of global cost estimating tools.
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Discipline focal point internal and external benchmarking (Upstream Projects Americas).
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Cost estimates for deepwater projects globally in support of investment decisions
Sr Contract Engineer, Offshore | Sakhalin Energy International (Shell JV)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | January 2007 to September 2008
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Leading contracts management support for the offshore facilities scope for the Mega Sakhalin Phase II project (>US$20 Bn total) on location during hook up and commissioning of the project and transition to an operational organization.
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Total portfolio of some 100 contracts (1/3 > USD 1 Million each, 6 contracts > USD 20 Million each) and all equipment purchase orders.
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Responsible for transition and/or close out of contracts & procurement from site offices (Croydon, UK & Goeje, S Korea) to Yuzhno (Sakhalin)
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Submissions for CBC (Capital Budget Control panel including all partners/Gazprom) for contingency release to fund additional work scopes.
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Countries worked
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Netherlands
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France
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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Russia
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United States
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Bakersfield, CA
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Houston, TX
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New Orleans, LA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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India
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United Arab Emirates
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Iraq