BG International, formed by the merger of BG plc's International
Downstream and Exploration & Production businesses, has
appointed its senior management team, to work with President,
Frank Chapman.
The three Executive Vice Presidents, General Counsel
and Finance Director, who have collective responsibility
for the overall performance of BG International, are:
Andy Barrett, formerly BG International Downstream's
Vice President, Strategy, Development and Appraisal,
with responsibility for strategic planning, portfolio
and project appraisal and developing key gas chain initiatives.
This included developing BG's international presence
in South America, including the successful Comgas and
Southern Cross pipeline bids. Andy has 20 years' downstream
oil and gas experience with Shell and BG.
Glen Doughty joined BG Exploration and Production
in 1997 as Senior Vice President, Operations, with responsibility
for production operations, well engineering, logistics
and health, safety and environmental performance. Glen
has 20 years' exploration and production experience with
ARCO, BP, Shell and BG.
Ted Trafford, formerly Senior Vice President
for BG Exploration & Production, responsible for commercial
activities, developing information management and examining
the potential for gas trading in conjunction with other
business units. He joined the former British Gas plc
in 1995 as Managing Director, Asia Pacific and has 30
years' upstream and downstream experience with Shell,
Mobil and BG.
William Friedrich, General Counsel for BG plc,
has 25 years' experience with major international law
firm, Shearman & Sterling, where he was a corporate partner,
and with BG, which he joined in 1995. He has extensive
experience in handling major international transactions,
particularly in the areas of project development and
project finance.
Jon Wormley, Finance Director for BG International,
joined BG Exploration & Production in 1992. Formerly
Finance Director for BG E&P, Jon has 28 years' experience
with Phillips Petroleum and BG.
These five senior executives comprise the International
Executive Committee, which has collective responsibility
for BG International.
BG International has also appointed managers to 30 other
senior posts within the new organisation, in the UK and
overseas. These senior posts (Vice Presidents) have been
divided into three groups within the new organisational
structure.
Asset Groups:
| UKCS/Central North Sea |
Peter Moir |
| UKCS/North, South & West |
Peter Haynes |
| Ireland/UK Downstream |
Nigel Shaw |
| UK/Europe Gas Marketing & Trading |
Steve Surrall |
| Comgas |
Oscar Prieto |
| Metrogas |
Bill Adamson |
| Southern Cone |
To be appointed |
| Trinidad |
Jacques Robinson |
| Indonesia |
Geoff Reed |
| Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore |
Stuart Fysh |
| Philippines |
Derek Fisher |
| Kazakhstan |
John Morrow |
| Gulf & Pakistan |
Tim Forbes |
| India |
Ross Stobie |
| Komi |
Gerard Rees |
| Italy |
Yvonne Barton |
| Tunisia |
Sean Sutcliffe |
| Egypt & Eastern Mediterranean |
Peter Dranfield |
In addition, Eddie Walshe is appointed Senior Vice President,
Special Projects, with responsibility for BG International's
plans to establish a material business in India based
upon supplying liquefied natural gas from the Gulf to
Pipavav in Gujarat State.
Skill Centres:
| Commercial & Procurement |
Kim Howell |
Exploration |
Malcolm Brown |
| Loss Prevention |
Vince Graham |
| Information Management |
Kevin Connolly (acting) |
| International Oil & Gas Sales |
Bill Smail |
| LNG |
Simon Bonini |
| Petroleum Engineering |
John Gregory |
| Power |
John Earl |
| Surface Facilities Development |
Malcolm Corry (acting) |
| Transmission & Distribution |
Angus McCallum |
| Engineering & Production Ops |
Lewis Affleck |
Management Support:
| Finance |
Jon Wormley (Finance Director) |
| Human Resources |
Brian Thornley |
| Performance Management |
John Thornton |
| Portfolio Development |
Martin Houston |
| Strategy & Political Risk |
Martin Houston (acting) |
| Legal |
Bill Friedrich (BG plc General Counsel) |
BG plc Executive Director, and President, BG International,
Frank Chapman said: "These appointments represent a significant
step towards BG International achieving the changes necessary
for us to become a performance leader in the energy business,
and realising our ambition of becoming the 'premier gas
chain player'."
The formation of BG International was announced by BG
plc on February 23 1999. The merged business will be
principally engaged in the integrated development and
supply of gas markets. Work is continuing on filling
other posts within the organisation. |