Gordon James Knox B.Sc., Ph.D.

Affiliations:- FGS, PESGB, AAPG

A well rounded senior Exploration manager with over 28 years of international experience, exploring for oil and gas in a broad range of locations. Experience includes 27 years with the Royal Dutch/Shell group in locations including the Netherlands, Nigeria, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Thailand, Sultanate of Oman and Australia. Work environments included land and marine operations, head office and research and technology centres.

Initially qualified as a geologist and has followed a predominantly technical career line from Research Geologist, Team Geologist, Chief Geologist - through increasing senior managerial and organisational roles within the Shell Group - where his last position was as Exploration Coordinator for Shell Development in Australia.

Confident assured approach with a cooperative management style and high level of social confidence. Creative with relaxed leadership style, good communicator. Has expertise in organisational transformation and team building. Combines a creative approach with practical solutions and is able to achieve a balance between logical and intuitive outcomes. Strongly interested in ways of working from established ones to those which are new and radical. Currently Visiting Lecturer in Applied Geology at University Of Malta.