1982, BSc in Civil Engineering and 1983, MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London; 1994, MSc in Mgmt, Stanford. 30 years' experience in the int'l oil and gas industry. 24 years with BP; held various senior strategic and operational leadership positions, including Managing Director, responsible for global downstream and chemicals businesses. 2007, joined Talisman, setting a strategic objective of safe, profitable growth, responsible for repositioning the company portfolio and improving the underlying profitability of the company. Non-Executive Director, SAB Miller. Named International Business Leader of the Year, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (2010).