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The consultants employed by Èpeus bring with
them a breadth and depth of project and technical knowledge
honed over many years in the project management industry.
Knowledge transfer from projects happens at both a personnel
level and a company level meaning that our personnel and teams
bring vital lessons learned and local knowledge of many projects
the world over.
Èpeus has been involved in projects across
the globe and therefore understand the risks to project success
in most areas of the world.
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Mark Thompson
Principal Consultant, Client Advisor
Mark consults, advising senior managers within the
financial, exploration and production, and drilling
contractor sectors of the industry.
He is a highly skilled and
experienced project professional with a proven track
record for successfully completing complex and
innovative multi million US dollar projects.
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Recent Projects:
Borgney Dolphin Review, Prosafe Regalia Project Review,
Thor Project, Seadragon Due Diligence & Seadragon
Project Strategy Development
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Paul Franzetti
Principal Consultant,
Contracts and Dispute
Resolution
A lawyer, Paul’s experience is from
complex general business litigation in the US and
international arbitration, involving claims arising out
of design and build construction contracts, general
contracts, antitrust and securities issues, technology
transfer agreements, employment discrimination,
partnership issues and expropriation of assets.
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Dave Hutchinson
Principal Consultant,
Drilling Rigs
Dave is a professional Marine
Engineer and Project Manager specialising in drilling
rig project design, construction, commissioning, and
maintenance. Dave’s experience covers drilling rig
operations, maintenance, and project management,
equipping him with valuable knowledge of almost all
drilling and drilling related equipment and systems.
Dave’s team includes industry
specialists such as mechanical, electrical and
construction engineers. Members of his team are
Russell
Miller, Niall McCarthy
and Adrian Popescu.
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Recent Projects:
Borgney Dolphin Review, Thor project, Searex 10
Definition, Triwell Project (China), Morgan Stanley
(China), Energy Exerter & Seadragon due diligence
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Abbie Strachan
Principal Consultant,
Engineering and Construction
Abbie has been involved with design, maintenance,
construction and operations of drilling rigs, platforms
and other vessels. He has accumulated over 25 years of
experience in various project positions both in the UK
and overseas.
He has also been involved with business support roles,
maintaining close working relationship with clients, in
particular through alliance and partnering contracts.
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Recent Projects:
Searex 10 Definition, Prosafe Regalia Project
Review & BP Magnus
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John Morrison
Principal Consultant, Field Development Projects
John is a project and oil
field operations professional with extensive experience
of managing both multi-million US dollar oil field
operations and field development projects of E&P
Operators.
He has an international background and a
breadth of knowledge and experience that allows him to
deliver successful outcomes on a diverse range of
projects.
John’s team includes industry specialists such as
geologists, well test engineers, petroleum engineers
etc. One of his team members is
Jennifer Mbanaja,
Petroleum Engineer.
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Derek Toal
Principal Consultant,
Project Audit & Risk Management
Derek is a major projects qualified
practitioner with extensive practical experience as well
as academic knowledge gained across a wide spectrum of
management roles and responsibilities. He has
extensive experience in project management and quality
assurance, as well as performance measurement and
systems evaluation within the drilling, marine, defence,
major construction, and nuclear sectors of industry,
including design application, risk management,
stakeholder issues, procurement, construction, and
service delivery.
Derek heads the Project Assurance
Team (PAT). His team includes qualified assessors and
auditors. Members of his team are
Ken Grassick and
Damilola Olutogun.
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Recent Projects:
Prosafe Regalia Project Review, Al Baraka & Barracuda
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Bob Kennedy
Principal Consultant,
Project Services & Controls
Bob is a project controls expert
with a wealth of experience of project planning, cost
control, contract management, and risk assessment and
management. Bob is an innovative thinker who has honed
his experience on drilling rig, sub-sea, refineries,
petro-chemicals, module fabrication, offshore hook-up &
commissioning, Brownfield, shutdowns, and conversion
projects.
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Recent Projects:
Prosafe Regalia (Project Controls Development and
Implementation) & Seadragon Project Strategy Development
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Adrian Sutcliffe
Principal Consultant,
Project Security & Risk
Originally a member of UK Special
Forces, Adrian has extensive experience in industry,
consulting around the world for companies including
Lloyds Register and many national governments. He has
specialist knowledge of marine and offshore security but
also possesses knowledge and experience of crisis and
incident management, facilities and personnel security
solutions and risk mitigation and management for all
types of project.
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