Education: Vietnam, Netherlands, UK

BS: Geology and Oceanography, University of Wales (1975)

MS: Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London (1989)

Career: Global; South-East Asia, China, Japan, Central Asia, Russia, Middle-East and Africa, Europe, North America. Retired UK 2016.

Marine biologist: coral reef field research with expeditions to tropical reefs in the Red Sea (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan), Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Abu Dhabi) and the Indian Ocean (Seychelles). Research topics included the Crown-of-Thorns starfish that is one of the main predators of corals and along with cyclones the dominant cause of periodic coral bleaching, part of the routine natural life cycle for shallow, warm water corals.

Oil and Gas industry: field geologist, petroleum engineer, exploration, R&D, operations; manager for design and implementation of major development projects up to $16 billion, leading technical, commercial, and government contractual negotiations, notably, China, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia.

Foreign countries of residence spanning 60 years: Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Singapore, Sudan, USA, Vietnam.