Senior well engineer for Shell Upstream China, based in Chengdu. Responsible for competency based development of well engineering staff since 2007; worked in China since 2004. Has been employed in various countries in the world(Oman, UK, the Netherlands, Turkey, Syria, Russia, Malaysia etc) and been assigned to drilling rigs, research, projects and training. Earned a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical College in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 1972.