John Downey

John has over 30 years' upstream oil and gas industry experience in a variety of technical, commercial and managerial roles. These cover everything from frontier exploration, through appraisal and development, to mature field production. He is a geologist by background but has also worked as a petroleum economist. He has worked for several companies, holding senior positions at BP, Enterprise Oil, Shell and Dana Petroleum in Europe, Southeast Asia and East and North and West Africa.

John has a BSc in Geology and Geography from Nottingham University and an MSc in Engineering Geology from Leeds University.