OUR PEOPLE
Meet our team of
industry experts
TIM SANDERSON
EPEX FOUNDER
Tim has enjoyed a broad-ranging career in international oil exploration and scientific research. His early work included the study of ice-sheet dynamics in Antarctica and plate tectonics and active volcanoes in Iceland, California and Italy.
In 1982 he joined BP to lead research into frontier exploration risks in Arctic regions, and subsequently worked on reservoir simulation, petroleum engineering and economic analysis. Tim was then appointed commercial manager of Central North Sea operations, with specific responsibility for strategic planning and performance management. He was a member of the team which transformed the company’s strategic direction during the 1990s. Since then, Tim was specialized in devising and running training courses which give hands-on experience of strategy in action.
He has a degree in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Imperial College, London.
TONY RENTON
EPEX FOUNDER
Tony spent some 30+ years with BP in a variety of technical, commercial and executive management roles in Europe, Asia, Australasia, West Africa, South America and the US. His most recent position was as Commercial Director with particular responsibility for business development across the Middle East. In 2006, Tony set up Oil Experience Ltd, a networked consultancy consisting of some 400 former major oil company professionals; the business was sold to RPS in 2007.
Tony was one of the two founders of White Rose Energy, a company focused on E&P in West Africa, backed financially by Riverstone Private Equity and is Chairman of Oil and Gas London and Sub-Salt Solutions.
ROB CHAMPION
TRAINER AND CEO
Rob Champion has over 15 years of experience in commercial optimisation, petroleum economics and project evaluation.
He has led evaluations across the value chain with several leading oil and gas companies including BP and CNOOC. With a focus on the North Sea and Gulf of Guinea, his analysis has led to successful value capture in trading/marketing, M&A and exploration projects.
Rob currently consults for a Private Equity firm, analysing a wide variety of projects including renewables as well as outside the energy sector, from startup to turnaround opportunities.
With a history of supporting Epex Training from “behind the scenes”, Rob is now sharing his passion for lifelong learning as CEO and Trainer.
PETER ANDREWS
COURSE LEADER AND DIRECTOR
Peter spent 30 years with BP, his early career encompassing a variety of administrative and commercial roles in Shipping, Refining and HR. The majority of his time was spent in upstream commercial functions where he held successive appointments as Commercial Manager in the Southern North Sea, Norway and Vietnam. He spent three years in the Specialized Finance division and then became Vice-President Commercial and Asset Management in the Global Power Business.
In 2001 Peter left to work as an independent consultant and has contracted for several companies providing commercial, recruitment and training services. He has led, developed and/or lectured on several courses including Project Finance, Advanced Economic Analysis and Epex-World.
Peter has worked in the UK, Netherlands, China, Norway, Vietnam and the USA.
ANTHONY SHUTES
COURSE LEADER
Anthony is an Independent Oil and Gas professional, providing part time non-executive advisory and training services to the sector, specialising in strategy, business development and the gas chain.
He has a broad range of expertise having worked for over 30 years with BP in various technical, commercial, gas and leadership roles. He has spent most of his career involved with International assets including postings to New Zealand, Indonesia, Egypt and the UAE. His most recent BP position was CFO for the Middle East and S. Asia E&P companies, with responsibility for Finance and Business Development. Other senior roles within BP include Commercial Director for Angola, Project Director for Egypt LNG and Business Development Director for N. Africa.
He has a degree in Geology from University College, London and a Post graduate Diploma in Business Studies. He is also a Chartered Engineer following his early days as a Petroleum Engineer in the N. Sea. He is on the advisory board of various community organisations.
HELEN MOORCRAFT
COURSE LEADER
Helen has been in the oil and gas industry for 30 years. The first 10 years were spent as a geologist with BP gaining a wide experience in many basins around the world.
This was followed by 15 years at Statoil in a number of commercial and management roles in the upstream sector including Vice President International Strategy, management of joint ventures encompassing the value chain from exploration to production and gas sales and Exploration Manager in Brazil.
Since 2008 she has worked as an independent consultant advising on Acquisition and Divestments and portfolio management within the sector.
Helen has lived and worked in the UK, Norway, Vietnam, China, the USA, the Netherlands and Brazil.
GRAHAM DAY
COURSE LEADER
Graham is an internationally-experienced Oil, Gas & Power professional with an excellent track record in delivering successful outcomes. An honours graduate in Economics, he spent over 32 years with BP, working in the Corporate Centre and the Upstream and Gas Sectors. He has extensive experience of working with governments and national oil companies and international Joint Venture management/negotiation. He has also managed multi-national and multi-cultural teams.
Graham has been a director of power and LNG companies, and has lived and worked in Canada, Venezuela, Spain, the USA and Abu Dhabi. He was the commercial manager for a UK major oilfield start-up and managed application of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (Phase 1) on behalf of all owners. He also has experience in oilfield carbon capture schemes.
BRUCE KENNEDY
TRAINER
Bruce is an internationally experienced subsurface reservoir engineer with over thirty years with BP working in numerous countries including Egypt, The Netherlands and various locations around the UK. He has worked as a subsurface team leader, a senior level engineer and over 6 years as an EpexWorld course leader and trainer.
He has worked across Operations, New Projects and Sub-surface on field developments, mergers and acquisitions, gas contracts, joint ventures and new field start-up to cessation of production across the range from deep water assets to land operations.
He graduated from Heriot-Watt University with a Masters of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering and a Honours Bachelors degree in Offshore Mechanical Engineering.
Currently Bruce is an advisor with the UK Oil and Gas Authority on the UK reserves and resources and CO2 storage.
ALASTAIR MARSHALL
TRAINER
Alastair retired recently after almost 37 years with BP. Initially he worked as a geologist in exploration, appraisal and development roles in the North Sea. Following a spell conducting economic analyses for exploration drilling, he moved to commercial roles in business development and commercial operations.
After a few years in the head-office portfolio development team, evaluating acquisition & development opportunities, and as a commercial manager in Egypt, Alastair returned to UK in planning and analysis roles for the North Sea business during which time he became a segment advisor for upstream, providing training, coaching and assurance. In his final role, he was responsible for commercial aspects of discovered resources and proved reserves estimation and assurance, including development and delivering relevant training worldwide.
RAYMOND BURT
TRAINER
Raymond is an experienced commercial manager with 30+ years experience working and living in Norway, the UAE, Russia, Türkiye and the UK. He initially worked as an offshore petroleum engineer before changing career into commercial operations and business development. He has over twenty years experience in training and leading EpexWorld programmes.
Career highlights include leading BP’s successful country entry into Oman through the Khazzan concession; leading BP’s entry into the Trans Anatolian Gas Pipeline – linking the Caspian Sea with European gas market; and working in many of BP’s historically key assets such as the Forties Pipeline System, Southern North Sea, offshore Abu Dhabi, TNK-BP and the giant Clair oilfield.
He has extensive experience of working with governments, national oil companies and international Joint Ventures.
He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a first class honours degree in Mining and Petroleum Engineering.
BRIAN McCLEERY
TRAINER
Brian has wide ranging experience from his 35 years within the oil and gas industry. Starting as a drilling engineer with Shell in the Netherlands he subsequently moved to an independent E&P company where he evaluated all of their international new business investment opportunities.
He subsequently worked for BG Group in areas including portfolio optimisation, business development and investor relations. His focus within investor relations was on managing the investment community expectations for what was at the time one of the largest companies on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2015 Brian set up his independent consultancy which has provided strategic, transaction and commercial services to private and listed energy and mining companies.
