W. Ellis Armstrong

W. Ellis Armstrong is a chartered engineer with over 35 years international oil and gas industry experience with BP in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Alaska and the North Sea. He held senior strategy, commercial, technical and operational roles with BP and was also the Chief Financial Officer for the group’s global exploration and production business. Dr. Armstrong was an independent director of Lamprell plc until he retired in May 2018 and of Interoil Plc until it was acquired by Exxon in 2017. Dr. Armstrong is currently an independent director at Lloyds Register Group, a leading international risk assurance firm.

Dr. Armstrong has a BSc and PhD in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Stanford Business School.