By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. ACTIVATE US CURRENT PAGE Board of Directors and Executive Team Board of Directors Non-Executive Khalid Al-Dossary Director of Global Oil Spill Response Saudi Aramco Khalid received his BSc Degree in Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture from the University of New Orleans in 1995 and spent twenty years in different fields of the Maritime industry. His professional experience includes supervision of vessels construction & maintenance at commercial shipyards as well as vessels operation, planning, budgeting, and contracting. Khalid held various posts within Marine Saudi Aramco, and in 2012 was appointed Director of Global Oil Spill Response looking after the company's regional and international interests in ensuring oil spill response readiness. Since his appointment, he has enhanced regional cooperation, organised resources, prompted environmental protection, and was personally involved in combating a number of oil spills. He has latterly brought about the revision of Saudi Aramco's regional contingency plans to international standards and introduced new guidelines for international response. Manindra C Das Executive Director HSE ONGC After graduating in Mining Engineering (Hons) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Manindra joined the Indian National E&P Company ONGC in 1981. Subsequently, he acquired a Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering and held progressively senior positions in Production operations within ONGC. He was involved with the development of the Sakhalin-1 Project and held the post of CEO for the Himalaya Energy Syria Business Venture in Damascus. In his current position as Executive Director he assumes a key position for combating oil spills on India’s west and east coasts, and is responsible for the overall performance of HSE activities throughout India including those of ONGC Videsh Ltd which has a global presence in 16 countries. Rob Day Chief Financial Officer BP Shipping Rob has worked in a variety of commercial and corporate roles, of increasing levels of leadership, throughout some 30 years with BP. His prime career anchor has been an enthusiasm and aptitude for business and commercial issues and this has ranged from the operational (front line oil-trading) through to the strategic (running large parts of BP's downstream operations). This has involved secondments to Rotterdam and a number of US locations. Rob became the Chief Financial Officer for BP Shipping in 2009 and is accountable for non-operational aspects of the business that include: Finance and Control, Strategy, Risk, Projects and Planning, Compliance, IT and Communications. He is a Director of BP Shipping Ltd and BP Group Treasurer, and also holds various external Directorships. Josh Dubach EHS Advisor Hess Corporation Holding a BA in Emergency and Disaster Management, Josh has worked in the Emergency Management field since 2000, starting first in the U.S. Coast Guard and then in other professional response organisations such as Scientific & Environmental Associates, O’Brien’s Response Management, and the Helix Well Containment Group. His current responsibility is that of overseeing emergency preparedness and response for the global offshore assets of Hess Corporation. Roland Festor Director for European Union Affairs IOGP Roland has an engineering degree from the ENSTA ParisTech, the Superior National School of Advanced Techniques in Paris. He joined the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers in 2013 with 35 years of industry experience. Previously, within Total's Exploration & Production Division, he led the company's operations in the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Colombia and Angola. A long-time proponent of upstream safety, he served on the board of Oil & Gas UK until 2011 and was part of its 'Step Change for Safety' leadership team. Brian Horsburgh General Manager HSSE and Group Oil Spill Expertise Centre Custodian Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited Brian has an MBA qualification and his career experience includes managing high risk activities both at sea and onshore, in Upstream and Downstream Businesses, including leadership roles in HSSE and Oil Spill Emergency Response. His early career, and chosen profession, was as a seafarer when he spent 14 years mainly on oil tankers in many parts of the world, joining the Shell seagoing fleet in 1988. During the subsequent 20 years with Shell, he has held mainly maritime related roles, including UK LPG marine export terminal manager, North Sea shuttle tanker contracts & operations advisor, Global Maritime Audit team leader, and Global Lead on Upstream maritime operations. His current position encompasses global Oil Spill Preparedness & Response and also HSSE accountability for global Trading & Shipping. Jon Lay Chairman Global Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager ExxonMobil Jon joined Mobil in London as an Engineer in 1979. Early assignments were in Fuels Distribution and Human Resources and in 1986 Jon moved into the Lubricants manufacturing business where he remained until 1993 when he was appointed to a Regional Safety, Health and Environment Manager role for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was first involved with OSRL as a representative for Mobil and in the late 90's also became a Director of East Asia Response Ltd, helping to facilitate the integration of the two organisations. When Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999 Jon was appointed SH&E Manager for the Downstream businesses in EMEA and in 2002 was appointed Global Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager ExxonMobil; his current position. In 2009 Jon became a Director of OSRL and is now the serving Chairman. Terry W Moore Global EHS Advisor - Emergency Management Noble Energy Inc Terry is a certified Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) with a diverse 30 year background in public safety and emergency management. This includes a progressive 16 years in the fire & emergency medical service and 14 years in emergency management within both the public and private sectors. His career has covered major emergency events that include Super Bowl XXXVIII, NBA and MLB All-Star Games, a World Series, TS Allison, Hurricanes Katrina Rita, and Ike, and Deep Water Horizon. He is an instructor for both incident management and exercise design and conduct, and he has a true passion for education and building partnerships through collaboration. Jeff Patry Manager, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response Chevron Corporation Jeff has a bachelor degree in geology from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He is Chevron’s Manager of Emergency Response and has been with the company for 31 years working in a wide range of environmental and business planning functions including Upstream, Chemicals, Pipeline, Environmental Management Company, and for the past 7 years with Corporate Emergency Response. Jeff also serves on the Board of Directors of the Marine Preservation Association and is on the steering committees for the API and IOGP Joint Industry Projects for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response. Josh Soybel Manager, Crisis Management & Emergency Response ConocoPhillips Josh received a BSc degree from New Mexico School of Mines in 1982 and began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company as a petroleum engineer in Odessa, Texas. He held a variety of positions in North America and Norway and opened the company's office in Moscow in 1998. Josh worked in asset and venture management roles while on assignment for Shell-OKIOC and then Agip-KCO in The Hague for the North Caspian PSA program. In 2004 he became the Asia Pacific Supply Chain & Procurement Manager for ConocoPhillips and was a member of the Global Procurement Leadership Team. In 2009 he joined the Corporate HSE Team in Houston where he held various leadership roles including management of the company's interests in two industry leading sub-sea emergency response projects. Josh is a member of the company's HSE Leadership Team and the group's Talent Management Team. He serves on the Marine Well Containment Company Executive Committee where he also holds the position as Audit Committee Chairman. Board of Directors Executive Robert Limb Chief Executive Officer OSRL After graduating in Chemical Engineering from the University of Exeter, Robert joined Dresser Atlas Houston in 1980, subsequently holding progressively senior positions in operations, sales and management roles globally. In 1994 he moved to Singapore as Vice President Asia Pacific. Following the acquisition of Western Atlas by Baker Hughes in 1998 Robert moved back to Houston as Vice President Global Operations and then Vice President Sales. In 2005, he left Baker Hughes, joined Vetco Aibel and became President of Aibel Holdings. In 2009 Robert left Aibel and joined Total Safety Inc. as Senior Vice President International Operations. In 2013 he was appointed CEO of Oil Spill Response Limited. Declan O'Driscoll HSEQ Director OSRL Declan worked extensively in Asia and Europe as a Geologist and Drilling Engineer in the exploration and production industry prior to joining OSRL. He was previously the General Manager of the Southampton Base in the United Kingdom before moving to Singapore as Regional Director to oversee operations in Asia Pacific. In his current role, based in Southampton, Declan leads all aspects of the company’s assurance and technical activities, including the oversight of health, safety, environment and quality systems, the development of skills and techniques as well as engagement and liaison with industry and government stakeholders. Tony Prest Finance Director OSRL Tony has been the Chief Financial Officer of a number of organisations including Hallin Marine, an AIM-listed subsea contracting business that provided services to the oil and gas industry with major presence in South East Asia and the North Sea, Azzurri Technology, a European-based electronic components distribution company, and 4-Sight International, a software development company with activities in Europe and the USA. As Finance Director of OSRL he has overall responsibility for all financial matters of the Group. This includes the regular financial reporting processes, internally and to shareholders; the annual business planning and budget processes; and the communication with members of changes to annual subscription rates. Tony also works with external providers to ensure appropriate financial facilities are in place to support the Group's Response and Preparedness activities. Executive Team Matt Clements SWIS Director As SWIS Director Matt is responsible for the subsea well intervention service, ensuring technical and operational readiness of all subsea well intervention equipment, facilities and personnel. Matt joined OSRL in 1999 and has held positions in Operations and Preparedness, in the UK and Singapore. As project manager, he was previously responsible for developing and establishing OSRL's new Subsea business, including the opening of the new SWIS bases. Simon Dewhirst Commercial Director Simon has responsibility for the management and development of our preparedness activities. His previous roles include business development and project management positions in marine services and subsea construction companies. Simon is a Naval Architect and Chartered Engineer. Neil Gates HR Director Neil is responsible for the development of the Company's people strategies which include recruitment, career development, performance management and employee engagement. Prior to joining OSRL, he was HR Director for a global consultancy and contracting organisation, within the infrastructure and real estate sectors. He has held similar HR leadership and line management roles in the construction, industrial and oil and gas sectors. Neil is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building. Rob James Regional Director (Europe, Middle East & Africa) Prior to joining the Company, Rob was the Managing Director of an environmental technology spin-off from a major nuclear corporation before moving into the waste management services sector, where he was the General Manager of a growing hazardous waste business. Rob joined OSRL in 2003 as a Regional Director UK where he is responsible for management of all personnel and services delivered in the Africa, Europe and Middle East regions. Kurt Kriter Regional Director (Americas) Kurt joined OSRL in 2010 as the Regional Representative for the Americas to expand support to Member companies and customers in Houston. Kurt has 30 years of exploration and production engineering and management experience, including Operational and EHS Risk Management. Over the past year, Kurt has been involved in developing, promoting and supporting response and preparedness services for numerous international customers. Kurt holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Darren Waterman Regional Director (Asia Pacific) Darren has spent more than 10 years in various capacities in Spill Response, Training & Consultancy and Business Development. He has been involved in the oil spill response industry for the last 14 years and gained considerable experience from responding to oil spill incidents around the world. Darren holds a background in engineering and has previously managed the OSRL Training Function and Business Development Teams. He is now the Asia Pacific Regional Director for OSRL with responsibility for the oversight of personnel and service delivery in the region. Sitemap Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Cookie Policy Acceptable use policy Oil Spill Response Limited is wholly owned by the most responsible and environmentally committed oil and energy companies. © Copyright 2015. Oil Spill Response Limited. Lower William Street, Southampton, SO14 5QE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales No.1808594 Designed and Developed by Merchant Marketing Group