Michael is a leader in the field of management consultancy. He has a proven track record of building management consultancy businesses for two 'Big Six' firms: Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Young and is highly experienced and successful in leading major business change programmes for clients, principally in the energy sector.

His perceived strengths are that he is highly intelligent, hard working, innovative, a strong communicator and team builder, has Board presence and has natural leadership skills. As a successful management consultant, his specialities are in helping (energy) clients gain strategic advantage through business process redesign, strategy and business change implementation, outsourcing and customer relationship management.

Key achievements include:

led Coopers & Lybrand's oil and gas consulting practice

established and led Coopers & Lybrand's business process outsourcing business

led and expanded Ernst & Young's UK Energy Services practice from £20m to £60m plus fees in three years and from 120 to 160 team members

generates over 80% of the sales he achieves on a non competitive basis, averaging $7m annually.

Michael has worked extensively in the UK, West and East Europe, the USA, Latin America (Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia), the Middle East (Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Dubai) and China. He speaks regularly at conferences and seminars on international energy issues, outsourcing and energy privatisation.

Michael's clients have included: BP, Shell, Amerada Hess, Lasmo, Enterprise Oil, PDVSA (Maraven), Ashland Oil, Repsol, Engen, Mobil, Kerr McGee Oil & Gas, British Gas (Transco), MOL, CNPC, POGC, Ecopetrol, StatOil, Phillips Petroleum, ADNOC, KPC, Bapco, SunOil, Glaxo, Scottish Power, CAA, OPCS, Royal Navy, IBM, Hewlett Packard, and the World Bank.

 

Career Summary

August 1998 to date
Managing Director
The Energy Network (International) Limited

August 1994 to July 1998
Partner
Ernst & Young
Managing Partner, UK Energy Services Practice
Managing Partner, UK Energy Consulting Practice
National Industry Leader for Energy
Account Leader for British Petroleum

October 1986 to June 1994
Partner
Coopers & Lybrand
Partner in Charge, Oil & Gas Consultancy
Lead Partner for British Petroleum
Partner in Charge, Coopers & Lybrand's
Business Process Outsourcing Business

February 1985 to October 1986
Shell UK Limited
IT Planner for the E&P Business
Business Planning Manager for all the businesses

October 1979 to February 1985
The British Petroleum Company plc
Geologist, BP Exploration
Manager, Exploration Computing for BP Minerals
Major projects in Brazil and in Australia

October 1977 to October 1979
British Geological Survey
Senior Scientific Officer, Manager,
UK National Geochemical Data Bank