Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos · The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

• Independent energy consultant advising public and private sector clients on energy strategy, innovation, and business development. I support investment decisions and policy development in the energy sector, helping governments and companies navigate the energy transition. With 18+ years of international experience and recent MBA insights, I combine deep industry expertise with strategic problem-solving skills. This unique blend enables me to deliver practical, high-impact solutions that bridge technical, commercial, and policy priorities.

Jun 2018 – Jul 2025 · 7 yrs 1 mo

• Key responsibilities:
• Business origination through energy market analysis, supply-demand forecasting, carbon emission forecasting, and financial value chain analysis of energy monetization options, including local gas sector development, LNG exports, renewables and blue/green hydrogen initiatives.
• Associate with M&A & Deal teams, providing support to the decision-making process, valuations, framing of customer value propositions and negotiations.
• Associate with Strategy & Portfolio studies by participating in the framing, diagnosis, and guiding principles stages, leading to the development of coherent action plans for implementing strategies.
• Engagement manager for national energy master planning projects, applying strategic problem-solving methodologies, integrated energy system modelling, low-carbon energy technologies, and socio-economic impact analysis.
• Key achievements:
• Successfully engaged with a government to design a national energy strategy resulting in policy framework development and reforms for low-carbon energy growth and industry decarbonisation.
• Identified policy and economic incentives to bridge adoption gaps in the green hydrogen transition for the steel sector and decarbonisation strategies for gas-based power generation.
• Developed models that informed investment decisions in gas extraction, large scale LNG, chemicals, low-carbon (blue/green) hydrogen, and renewable energy projects.
• Equipped policymakers with knowledge to scale clean energy initiatives and their potential impact on national economy through socio-economic benefit studies.

Dec 2014 – Jun 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Directed R&D projects in LNG technology, enhancing energy efficiency, developing new LNG products and Processes, M&A Due Diligence of bio-LNG technology venturing.
• Managed collaborations with international agencies and academia to foster sustainable technology solutions for global energy infrastructure needs.
• Explored innovative approaches for natural gas monetization, addressing interconnected energy, water, and food security goals (‘stress nexus’) in alignment with environmental sustainability standards.
• Facilitated in the development of a cost performance monitoring tool, enabling a drive towards capital and operational cost reductions across the capital project portfolio of Shell's LNG business.

Apr 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Value Selling and Market Engagement: Collaborated with European customers and producers to showcase the innovative potential of Shell’s sulphur concrete technologies ("Thiocrete"). Successfully secured three license sales and facilitated technology deployment, driving market adoption in a competitive landscape.
• Business Development: Identified and evaluated new business opportunities, leveraging technology pilot trials in Canada. These trials highlighted cutting-edge, sustainable technologies, providing critical insights to support strategic decision-making and growth initiatives.
• Technical Assurance and Licensing: Delivered technical assurance for Shell Thiocrete technology licensing, led project planning and execution. Focused on deploying low-carbon concrete solutions, significantly enhancing sustainability in the construction sector and positioning the technology as a market leader.

May 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Operations Management: Provided day-to-day support to the operations of the hydrogen manufacturing plant (HMU), gasoline blending components manufacturing (HF alkylation), and site-wide utility infrastructure (hydrogen, hot oil)
• Sustainability Initiatives: Led projects to enhance energy efficiency and to optimise the processing of hazardous chemicals. These initiatives reduced costs and emissions while improving risk mitigation.
• Project Delivery: Managed a refinery-wide critical project, successfully delivering it on time and within budget while meeting regulatory compliance requirements. Led the commissioning of a crucial HSE upgrade project, including emergency systems, through cross-functional collaboration in a complex environment.

Feb 2007 – May 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Project Development: Supported HSE improvement projects by translating new safety standards into engineering packages through collaboration with contractors.
• Change Management: Ensured regulatory compliance in front-end engineering design, implemented scope changes during execution to prevent start-up delays, and facilitated safe and compliant transitions from planning to operations phases.

Sep 2005 – Jan 2006 · 4 mos · Netherlands

• Shell's GameChanger program works with start-ups and businesses on unproven early-stage ideas with the potential to impact the future of energy. It provides companies with support, expertise and seed funding, while they maintain the independence to make their own decisions. The internship assignment in the GameChanger team was focused on identifying strategic themes to improve the energy efficiency performance Manufacturing units in the Downstream business.