Mark Thompson

Since founding Èpeus in 2002 Mark has successfully managed the company through its initial start up phase into the respected multi-million dollar global professional management services consultancy it is today.  As well as overseeing the day-to-day running of Èpeus’s global network of offices and projects, Mark also consults, advising senior managers within the financial, exploration and production, and drilling contractor sectors of the industry.

Prior to founding Èpeus, Mark was employed by Transocean Inc where he managed a number of their global projects. During these projects he was involved in the management and control of construction, conversion, upgrade, repair and reactivation projects associated with Transocean’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs, including the first series of duel activity, ultra deepwater drill ships.

As an experienced and successful project professional, Mark’s extensive project knowledge and expertise is gained from managing and consulting on a wide array of multi-million US Dollar international engineering and construction projects.

Marks areas of expertise are:

• Merger and Acquisitions
• Project investment and financing
• Project strategy development
•  Project risk management
• Dispute resolution and claims management.  

Mark is also an experienced and court room tested dispute resolution professional and expert witness, with knowledge of mediation, litigation and arbitration proceedings from large, complex contract claims.

Starting his engineering career in the Royal Navy, Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland and has undertaken executive studies in Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, and Business Strategy at the London School of Economics. Mark is also a guest lecturer in Project Risk Management on the MSc in Project Management degree course at Aberdeen University where he presents a Master Class entitled “Project Risks in Reality".