CEO Mark Waddington, chaired the '4th Annual Biofuels Forum' in Berlin. See video...

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  • About us
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Leadership Team

Charles Daly

Mark Waddington

Mark Waddington

Chairman


  • Experienced oil executive with extensive knowledge of supply, refining and trading issue
  • Europe, FSU, the Mediterranean and the Middle East
  • Founder member of IPE, Channoil Broking and Channoil Consulting
  • Lectured worldwide 
  • Heavy fuels and marine bunkers
  • Expert Witness

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Mark Waddington

Mark Waddington

Mark Waddington

Chief Executive Officer


  • Senior downstream oil commercial, strategy and project manager
  • UK and European B2B fuels marketing expert
  • Advice on conventional fuels, biofuels and renewables value chain
  • Market entry, business portfolio and supply chain development
  • Expert Witness

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Vincent Couffon

Vincent Couffon

Vincent Couffon

  Senior Associate

Supply, LPG, Retail


  • Market and portfolio analysis, including regulatory reviews
  • Downstream expert - supply, wholesale, aviation, LPG and retail businesses
  • M&A business lead and investment economics
  • Joint venture expert - local and international partnerships
  • Risk management

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Kirsten Dibley

Vincent Couffon

Vincent Couffon

 Office Manager


  • Accounts & Administration
  • Client presentations and reports
  • Contracts
  • Travel

Oil & Gas Team

Andy Mills

Leon Haywood

Chris Brown

Commodity Trading & Risk Management


  • Over 30 years' experience in trading and risk, managing a wide range of commodities      including energy, biofuels, agriculture, petrochemicals and metals
  • Price risk identification and price risk management
  • Wide ranging experience of physical trading and logistics
  • Training and coaching across a wide range of organisations
  • Highly experienced expert witness

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Chris Brown

Leon Haywood

Chris Brown

Refining Commercial and Technical Expert


  • Refining operations and economics
  • Oil storage and distribution analysis
  • Investment appraisal and transaction support
  • Expert witness and litigation support

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Leon Haywood

Leon Haywood

Jiska de Groot

 Supply & Trading Expert


  • Crude & product trading expert
  • 30+ years' experience in Middle East and Africa
  • Supply chain, pricing expertise
  • Risk management skills
  • Expert witness experience

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Jiska de Groot

Jiska de Groot

Jiska de Groot

 Energy & Development Specialist


  • Energy access, low-carbon technologies and energy transitions expert
  • Transformation & change management including capability enhancement for the off-grid energy access 
  • Implementation strategies for off-grid energy technologies in developing economies
  • Design and implementation of Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) strategies
  • Capacity building programme strategy design and implementation for the off-grid and low-carbon sectors

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George Tatham

Jiska de Groot

George Tatham

 LPG & Africa


  • Business development strategy 
  • Sales, marketing and distribution including market analysis and designing of channels to market
  • Infrastructure development feasibility
  • Regulation and pricing policy  
  • Capital raising and financial planning
  • Biomass business development
  • Liquid fuels and LPG logistics expert

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Glyn Johnson

Jiska de Groot

George Tatham

 Petrochemicals Strategy, Technical & Commercial Due Diligence


  • Petrochemicals, commodity and speciality polymers, fertilisers
  • Projects in areas as diverse as polyolefins in FSU and vinyls in North Africa
  • Strategy roadmaps for the Government 
  • Technical/commercial consultant in major European JVs to cracker/downstream development in KSA and  acquisition of cracker complex in Gujarat, India
  • Crude & product trading expert
  • 30+ years' experience in Middle East and Africa
  • Supply chain, pricing expertise
  • Risk management skills

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Zoe Young

Richard Johnstone

Richard Johnstone

 Supply & Refining Expert

 

  • Expertise in refining, oil feasibility studies (refineries and terminals), due diligence, valuations and techno-economic studies
  • Market studies: oil products, petrochemicals and gas/LNG
  • Pricing studies and crude oil valuation

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Richard Johnstone

Richard Johnstone

Richard Johnstone

  Training, Supply & Trading, Contracts


  • Crude oil & petroleum product marketing, purchasing and trading
  • Advising on commercial aspects of crude oil & product sales and purchases
  • Training in all aspects of international oil markets, supply and trading

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Remko Schulte

Richard Johnstone

Remko Schulte

 Health, Safety & Environment


  • Health, safety and environmental professional specialising in:
  • Due diligences
  • Risk assessments
  • Audits
  • Training

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Energy Transition Team

Oliver Mace

Paul Beckwith

Paul Beckwith

 Biofuels Expert


  • 30 years of experience
  • Passionate about biofuels
  • Led and implemented ambitious biofuels agenda for large oil company. 
  • End-to-end biofuels value chain 
  • In-depth regulatory expertise on biofuels. 
  • Expert in compliance with mandates and optimisation of biofuels targets. 
  • Feedstock choices. 
  • Conversion technology
  • Financial and market analysis 
  • Regular speaker in many global biofuels conferences

Paul Beckwith

Paul Beckwith

Paul Beckwith

 Fuel business and biofuels veteran 


  • Development of strategies for the energy transition, renewables, and circular economy
  • Investment opportunity appraisal, commercial negotiation, and due diligence
  • Leadership of biofuels start-up businesses
  • Commercialisation of new technology 
  • Deep expertise in conventional fuel and biofuel technology
  • Techno-economic evaluation of new conversion technologies
  • Maximising value creation in conventional fuel and biofuel value chains

Giles Clark

Paul Beckwith

Mark Waddington

Solar Expert

 

  • Nearly 15 years of experience in Executive and Board roles - Solar  Photovoltaic companies
  • Extensive M&A and project finance experience, through series of solar deals, including the delivery of successful exits for private equity investors.     
  • Broad industry expertise including development, construction and EPC asset management, financing, M&A work 
  • Significant consultancy and advisory experience

Mark Waddington

Mark Waddington

Mark Waddington

Biofuels

 

  • Commercial, strategy and project manager
  • UK and European B2B fuels marketing expert
  • Advice on conventional fuels, biofuels and renewables value chain
  • Market entry, business portfolio and supply chain development
  • Extensive consulting experience

Vincent Couffon

Mark Waddington

Vincent Couffon

Mobility & Customers

 

  • Strategy & market analysis
  • 30 years in BP 
  • Supply chain 
  • JV & Partnerships Management
  • Risk management
  • Financial valuation & energy economics
  • Project management
  • B2B and B2C
  • Extensive consulting experience
  • Passionate about energy transition

Jiska de Groot

Mark Waddington

Vincent Couffon

 Energy & Development Specialist  

 

  • Energy access, low-carbon technologies and energy transitions expert
  • Transformation & change management including capability enhancement for the off-grid energy access 
  • Implementation strategies for off-grid energy technologies in developing economies
  • Design and implementation of Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) strategies
  • Capacity building programme strategy design and implementation for the off-grid and low-carbon sectors.

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