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Nigel has over four decades of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Influit, he was a Chief Operating Officer for Production Testers International (PTI) and served as Managing Director of Expro.

• 30 years upstream O&G experience. 12 in Australasia and 18 in Technical & operational roles with Major O&G Service Providers
• Expertise in early production, MOPUs and Production Enhancement

• 40 years + experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Lead technical and/or PM role in Multiple MOPU projects (14)
• Senior technical positions in both Operator and Consulting/Contracting O&G organisations

• 35 years experience in the Global Oil & Gas Industry
• Founding Director of Influit. Formerly Managing Director of SIWA Petroleum
• Senior Management and Project roles for O&G Service providers

• 25 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Founding Director of Influit, Senior Project Manager Teekjay
• Senior Project Management and Business roles in EPC companies and O&G Services providers

• 12+ years corporate and commercial experience in Oil & Gas
• Executive Commercial/General Counsel In-House Legal Roles large multinationals / private equity O&G businesses (EU / US)
• Corporate/M&A Lawyer top-tier private practice firm

• 20 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Senior finance roles for top tier companies in the O&G services industry
• Production Solutions business support since 2010

• 18+ years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Managed complex high value programmes and projects globally.
• Project Management roles within EPC companies and O&G Service providers

• 20+ years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Managed complex high-value programmes and projects globally.
• Project Management roles within EPC companies and O&G equipment suppliers

Jerker co-founded Blue Water Energy in 2011. Jerker’s responsibilities range from deal origination and structuring to execution, monitoring and exit strategy evaluation. Jerker is involved in investment activities throughout the entire energy industry, with particular expertise in global capital markets.

Jerker was previously the Global Head of Institutional Equities at Morgan Stanley, where his 22-year tenure featured involvement across various capital markets, then CEO of UBS Investment Bank. Jerker holds an MSc degree in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jerker now serves on the boards of GPS Group, Influit, Stena International S.A., Stena Fastigheter and FAM AB – part of The Wallenberg Foundations – and is a Trustee of The Morgan Library and Museum. Jerker is also a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Mark Dickinson, Managing Director, joined Blue Water Energy (BWE) in 2014. He is a senior member of the BWE deal team responsible for deal sourcing and portfolio management and Mark is also a member of the Investment Committee at Blue Water Energy. Mark has over 20 years of Private Equity investing experience and has a strong investment track record from his previous roles at 3i and Arle Capital Partners. He is an ACA and holds an LLB from the University of Hull.

Richard Butland, Goldman Sachs’ head of private equity activities in the UK, has left the bank after 14 years.

Butland is as close as it comes to being a Goldman Sachs ‘lifer’, having started at the bank as an associate in 2000. He left earlier this month, according to sources close to the situation, but his next move is not yet known.

Officially, Butland’s title was managing director within Goldman’s merchant banking division, but he also had responsibility for heading up its private equity functions in the UK as well as natural resources across Europe. Before this, he was head of UK M&A advisory at the bank, a position he was promoted to in 2007, having been bumped up to managing director the year before.

He has held investor director positions on a number of large UK companies in the past including baby food firm Ella’s Kitchen and Pret A Manger. Currently, he holds the same position at oil and gas firm Expro and personal hygiene company Ontex.

Before joining Goldman Sachs, Butland spent five years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and two years at IBJ Schroders Bank. He has a bachelor's degree from Victoria University of Wellington and is a qualified accountant, gaining his stripes in 1995.