Paul Thomson

• Directed subsea operations supporting Brunei Shell Petroleum, achieving a 20% increase in contract profitability through contract negotiation and process optimization.
• Delivered 300+ productive vessel days with negligible downtime while ensuring 100% safety compliance.
• Achieved full compliance with Brunei’s local workforce mandates, enhancing local participation in high-skill roles.

• Full-time care giver through to palliative care.

• Secured $25M in contracts, expanding market share across Southeast Asia post-merger.
• Managed project claims
• Reduced expatriate dependency by 30% through mentoring local engineering teams.

• Delivered an $850M subsea project ahead of schedule, saving $20M in costs.
• Negotiated contract claims circa $75 Million
• Supervised a project team of 235+ members across global offices, achieving 6M+ safe man-hours with record-low incident rates.

• Directed multiple projects exceeding $1B, including planning, market positioning, and execution.
• Negotiated contract claims
• Secured high-value contracts in deepwater markets, optimizing P&L management.

Primarily accountable for directing and coordinating commercial and contractual aspects of tendered and live projects whilst additionally overseeing the tendering, sales and marketing departments to ensure organisational goals were met

Consistently ensured the company’s position was protected from commercial and contractual issues throughout the full end to end project lifecycle through monitoring compliance with specifications and regulatory obligations

Instrumental in supporting business growth and played a pivotal role in the business-critical restructuring of the new management structure to support expansion of the unit

• Led the $180M Devils Tower Pipeline Project in ultra-deepwater, achieving $5M in cost savings through resource optimization.
• Directed offshore pipeline installations and vessel operations for EPIC projects in Angola and Brazil, meeting stringent safety and timeline requirements.