Commercial Director

To serve, share experience and excell in Oil & Gas Industry in senior management capacity

Innovative Contracts /Project professional with a high level integrity and more than twenty eight years experience in management and staff positions for contracts / commercial, project, and engineering, functions. Currently working for Petrofac International Ltd, Sharjah, UAE

I have multinational environment experience in many aspects of Project and Contracts engineering / management for Design, Engineering, Procurement and Construction phases of projects in Oil & Gas related fields (On-shore & Off-shore) covering Oil / Gas Process Facilities, Petrochemical Plants, Refinery, Pipelines, Ports & Harbor, and Aluminum Plants. I have experience in management of multiple projects, monitoring and leading a team of multi-discipline engineers delivering the product safely on time, to budget and quality. I have proven ability to perform as a focal point & in charge for multi million dollars projects.

I am well versatile, adaptable with extensive international experience, self motivated, resourceful, and multi-lingual; in overall I have the main core skills & experience to take on any role in Project & Contracts Engineering / Management and utilize my full range of inter-personnel skills to make a substantial contribution in improving operations. I contribute in evaluating and managing commercial risks pertaining to projects. I plan, organize, & manage commercial & contractual relationships and contract documents to improve the commercial/contract management process for pursuits with moderate risks. Able to quickly adapt to new situations and to implement Company objectives by maintaining & promoting a safe working environment, responsible, cost effective and timely manner. With good PC skills, I am familiar with MS Office, MS Project, and Lotus Notes.
Worked previously for EIL, New Delhi and Pan Emirates Colt Engineering for Adnoc and Adco projects in Abu Dhabi and Qatar Petroleum, Doha, Qatar and Adma Opco in Abu Dhabi.

Education
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) – 1981,University of Jabalpur, India
Diploma in Management – 1991,Indira Gandhi National Open University,India

Professional Affiliation
Member of Project Management Institute, USA (Applied for PMP Certification)
Member of National Contract Management Association, USA (Applied for CCCM Certification)
Member of International Association for Contracts & Commercial Management (IACCM), USA. Also on IACCM's Advisory Council
Middle Management Program (By Interface Management International, Inc. Pennsylvania, USA)
Certified Professional Engineer by Institution of Engineers, India.
Certified Chartered Engineer by Institution of Engineers, India.
Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India.

Analytical Communication

My engineering & business management background gives me an analytical nature; I have worked on complex & large projects. I have held and chaired project meetings, successfully, analyzed critical issues with an amicable solution. I have seen different Project Management Systems (PMS). I have developed intellectual agility to patterns and trends in a project and organizational settings, determining a strategy to move the work forwards quickly. Understand and use informal networks to get the things done. Adept at identifying what are the salient routes forward in an often conceptually complex and convoluted multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
Commercial Acumen Results Driven
With Contracts engineering and business management background, I have strong business, contractual awareness and I am familiar with most major forms of Contracts and Alliance (partnering) agreements (contracts). I am a customer-focused, intelligent risk taker. I can communicate at all levels to ensure project delivery to specified quality, time and value for money.
Teamwork
I can create a climate in which people can learn, by making each individual feel their belongingness, importance and in building consensus. My aim has been to be an excellent leader and manager of multi-disciplinary, multinational qualified and experience staff, and to be exceptional in developing others.