Contr. Mgt. Spec. Lead, Claims & ADR

Comprehensive commitment management solutions for the oil, gas, petrochemicla, mining, engineering & construction industries world wide in the fields of contracts & commercial management, administration, claims and alternative dispute resolution

Contracts Management Specialist Leader, Contracts Administrator, Contract Law, Claims and Dispute Resolution with over 18 years hands-on, robust avant-garde experience on infrastructure, capital and other projects work in the oil, gas & petrochemical, as well as mining, minerals, metals, engineering & construction industries world wide with an overall professional mission of providing comprehensive knowledge-based contracting and legal/commercial solutions to business enterprises and corporations.

Worked with and for contractors as well as principals/employers and know the challenges, risks, opportunities, pitfalls and loop-holes pertaining to contracting, contract law, dispute resolution and litigation management on both sides of the interests spectrum.

Au fait with most industry contracting models and standards, such as CRINE, NEC, FIDIC, ICE, JCT, ICC, EPCM, EPC, EPIC, etc., as well as GCOC's of many major groups, corporations and multinationals in the abovementioned fields. Part of task team responsible for reviewing ICC Model Major Lump Sum Turnkey Project Contract.

Well traveled internationally and has a canny understanding of the labyrinthine complexities of contracting and the ability to associate with and communicate on all levels and different cultures. Drafted, administered, managed and provided legal input and advice for thousands of major contracts (many of which also participated in negotiations) with multiple values, types and obligations in several countries world wide. Drafted and developed several contracting manuals and procedures and conducts training in these abovementioned fields.

Government Diploma in Law (Dept. of Justice and University of South Africa)

B-Iuris Law (University of South Africa Law School)

MA (Transnational Business Law) (Rockville University, USA)

Ph.D Business Administration (Washington International University, USA)

Contracts Management & Administration Course/Certificate (Fluor College, USA)

Project Management (School of Project Management, South Africa)
Strategic International Trading in Crude Oil & Petroleum Products (College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford, UK)

Implementation Skills and Work Ethos:-

Through partnering in intrapreneurial cost-effective and customer-focused service teams.

By sanctioning significant practical experiments and leading through active participation and guiding ideas.

A cosmopolitan that is comfortable operating across boundaries and forge links between organizations.

Utilize abilities to craft visions, inspire action and empower others.

Encourage people from diverse functions, disciplines and organizations to find common cause in goals that lead to improvement of their entire environments and expand the pie for everyone, rather than pushing in narrow parochial interests that pit group against group, wasting resources in a scramble for shrinking slices of the pie.

Personal Attributes:-

A belief in myself.

A passion for the job.

An awareness of other worlds.

A love of people.

Personal Characteristics:-

High level of perception and insight into the realities of the world and into myself.

High level of motivation.

Emotional strength to manage own and other's anxieties.

Progressively growing new skills and perpetual learner.

Willingness and abilities to involve others and elicit their participation.

Willingness and ability to share power (and control).