Golar Management (UK) Ltd.
Graeme McDonald (Chief Technical Officer)
Graeme
McDonald is our Group Technical Director. He was previously general
manager of the fleet, a position he held with Osprey, since 1998. He
has worked in the shipping industry since 1973 and held various
positions with Royal Dutch Shell companies, including manager of LNG
shipping services at Shell International Trading and Shipping Company
Ltd. and manager of LNG marine operations at Shell Japan Ltd.
Graham Robjohns (Chief Financial Officer)
Graham
Robjohns has served as our Group Financial Controller since May 2001,
as our Chief Accounting Officer since June 1, 2003 and as our Chief
Financial Officer since November 2005. He was financial controller of
Osprey Maritime (Europe) Ltd from March 2000 to May 2001. From 1992 to
March 2000 he worked for Associated British Foods Plc. and then Case
Technology Ltd (Case), both manufacturing businesses, in various
financial management positions and as a director of Case. Prior to
1992, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in their corporation tax
department. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales.
Jan Flatseth (Chief Operating Officer)
Jan
Flatseth joined the company in September 2006 as General Manager Fleet.
Prior to joining Golar he held the position of Assistant Technical
Director and Fleet Manager responsible for the LNG/C fleet of BW Gas.
Mr. Flatseth has a M.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture/Marine
Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He spent 13
years at DNV and was the Head of Section Gas and Chemical Carriers
until 1982. After leaving DNV, he served in senior management positions
at Helge R. Myhre/Kværner Shipping from 1982 -1995. The company was a
subsidiary of the industrial group, Kvaerner, set up to own and operate
gas carriers. Mr. Flatseth remained with the company when Havtor
acquired Kvaerner Shipping and a year later when it all became part of
the large shipping group Bergesen DY ASA (BW Gas).
Blake Blackwell (Vice President, Business Development)
Blake
Blackwell joined Golar LNG in September 2007 as Commercial Manager
responsible for project development. Prior to joining Golar LNG, he
worked for ExxonMobil across shipping, power, and LNG disciplines. His
most recent assignment was as an LNG Marketer, based in Doha, Qatar.
Prior to ExxonMobiI, he served as a U.S. Naval Officer. He holds a
Masters of Business Administration from the University of North
Carolina.
Ian Walker (Vice President, Chartering)
Ian
Walker joined Golar in 2001 as Commercial Manager responsible for
Project development and short & long term fixings of Golar LNG
Vessels. Prior to joining Golar he worked with Shell in various
projects including (Hazira LNG import terminal), Nigeria LNG (LNG
Sales) and BG (latterly in their Atlantic LNG Project developing their
Train 1 LNG Sales and Gas Sales through the interconnector).
Hugo Skar (Vice President, Projects)
Hugo
Skar joined Golar in 2004 as Project Manager. Mr. Skaar has an MSc
degree in Naval Architecture. He has worked 9 years in Bergesen
(Newbuilding & Project Division) and has an extensive experience
from newbuilding supervision and VLCC conversions to FPSO (Floating
Production Storage Offshore). From 2001 to 2004, he served as Site
Manager and Project Manager for the construction of Bergesen’s new LNG
carriers.