GE EXPERTS - Key Persons


Alex Strachan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Project Director
  • Fellow of IMechE
Alex Strachan is a Fellow of IMechE, with over 40 years of industry experience in technical & management roles. He manages GE Expert's Engineers/SMEs & admin, delivering services to meet customer's satisfaction. Alex Strachan is the CEO and Project Director for GE Experts, UK, where he is responsible for managing the team of Engineers (SME) and deliveries to the customers' satisfaction. As CEO, he is responsible for corporate governance and policy compliance of the organization and driving various Company's data-driven optimization strategies targeted at reducing Asset's operation cost (OPEX) and increasing the operability and profitability of the operator's Assets. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, with hand o experience as Subsea Technical Manager, leading teams to success by actively being involved in the design and offshore operations, executing approval rights on all designs. As an innovator, he is always looking for continuous improvement opportunities in the early stages of design and process efficiency, e.g. incorporating localized approval rights. He is involved in training, motivating, building, and maturing teams of Engineers/SMEs. As a former University Lecturer, Alex was involved in lecturing students through 7 years University Programs and mentoring professionals to chartered Engineer status. As a Fellow of IMechE, he is involved socially in Young Enterprise and an ex -advisor on the Aberdeen City Children's' Panel.

Anthony Mbata

Job Titles:
  • Head of Data Science & Machine Learning
Anthony is an MSc degree holder in Data Science, highly motivated Data Scientist and Analyst with over 13 years of combined technical and data management experience across various Oil & Gas industry globally. Anthony is an MSc degree holder in Data Science, highly motivated Data Scientist/Analyst with over 13 years combined technical and management experience across oil and gas industries. He has successfully managed drilling optimization projects, predictive modelling, analysis and monitoring of oil and gas production assets, and large migration programs, with excellent skills in Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning, stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration. He recently joined Global Energy Experts (aka GE Experts) as Head of Data Science & Machine Learning. In his role, Anthony is involved in Leading the Data Analyst team to implement the company's Data Ecosystem strategies & initiatives targeted at effective Asset Optimization, Automation, AI and Machine Learning Programs that will create value for Assets, reduce OPEX costs; improve Integrity, Operability, Reliability, Availability and Profitability of Production Assets. Prior joining GE Experts, he worked for OPEX Group, UK as Data Scientist (2020), Halliburton UK - Shell & BG Group Contracts/projects in different positions including Drilling Optimization Consultant Engineer, Senior Data Engineer and Logging Geologist (2006 - 2016)

Catherine Audu

Job Titles:
  • Head of Legal & Contracts
Catherin recently joined Global Energy Experts UK as Head of Legal & Contracts. She is a lawyer by profession, and holds Bachelor degree (LLB) and Masters degree in Law (LLM) from Cardiff University, Wales - UK

Dr. Iyabo Olarenle - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Head of Finance
Dr. Iyabo Olarenle is a PhD degree holder in Energy Economics with vast experience hybrid from academic & Energy sectors. She is a Research Fellow at Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics, and law (CPEEL, Nigeria)

Eddyson Ofem

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sales & Business Development
Eddyson Ofem is an MSc degree holder in Project Management from University of Aberdeen, UK and a Fellow of Association for Project Management UK, with over 24years experience in the O&G industry working globally in various positions including OFE Sales Leader in Baker Hughes/GE Oil & Gas, Senior Project Manager in Aker Solutions, UK.

Emmanuel Sadiq

Job Titles:
  • Head of Subsurface & Reservoir
Emmanuel is an MSc degree holder in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London - UK, a versatile reservoir engineer with many years of industry field experience & member of various professional bodies; SPE, Emmanuel Sadiq joined Global Energy Experts UK (aka GE Experts UK) as Head of Subsurface and Reservoir, leading team of SME/Specialist to achieve the company's Data Ecosystem strategies & initiatives targeted at effective Optimization and automation of customer's operated Assets/Systems to create value for operators, reduce OPEX costs; improve Integrity, Operability, Reliability, Availability and Profitability of Production Assets. An MSc degree holder in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London and member of various professional bodies including Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Emmanuel is a versatile reservoir engineer with over 7 years of practical experience in the fields of classical reservoir engineering, reservoir characterization and simulation, production optimization and uncertainty assessment. Prior joining GE Experts, he worked with Schlumberger RE team in Gatwick, United Kingdom, and provided consulting, training and technical support services on Schlumberger's integrated software platform for reservoir engineering analyses. As a reservoir engineering consultant, he worked with other asset members to deliver FDP studies and support in the North Sea, the Middle East and Africa. Also, he worked previously as consultant petrophysicist at Nexen Petroleum UK where he analyzed and interpreted petrophysical data in support of major UKCS asset operations of the organization. Before joining Nexen Petroleum, Emmanuel worked as support technologist at Imperial College where he focused on welltest analysis interpretation, project petrotechnical supports and tutoring flow in porous media courses to masters'

Innocent Uwuijaren

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer ( CTO ) & Head of Strategic Asset Optimization
  • UK Chartered Engineer
Innocent is a UK Chartered Engineer, with over 22-years Subsea industry experience and involved in Data Ecosystem strategies aimed at maximizing Asset Profitability.

Jiun Lee

Job Titles:
  • Head of Pipeline & Flowlines
  • Pipeline Specialist
Jiun Lee is a Pipeline Specialist with more than 14 years of international project delivery and associated subsea pipeline engineering experience; with specialization in subsea field development from FEED to decommissioning

Shaun Halvorsen

Job Titles:
  • COO / Head of Controls & Automation
Shaun has over 33 years of industry experience in Controls & Automation across different global industries, implementing Asset Optimization programs aimed at reducing cost (OPEX)