Passionate about making an impact
Meet Hamish
Azuli CEO and Renewables expert
Hamish led the launch of Lapis Energy, and its spin out company Azuli. He is a serial entrepreneur with a long track record of company start up, fund raising, team building and successful exits.
He has worked with solar and wind projects and has extensive experience in company strategy formulation with companies such as BG, BP, Dana and Maersk.
He started his career at BP upstream, spending 10 years working in the North Sea, Alaska and South-East Asia.
Hamish holds a BSc in Geology from Edinburgh and an MBA from IMD (Switzerland).
Meet Sarah
Commercial Director
Sarah brings an outstanding track record of identifying, developing and making deals across the energy industry for nearly 25 years. She has long specialised in ‘non-standard’ complex value chain infrastructure deals which need to be bankable – and are at the heart of making CCS projects happen.
Following the first half of her career in a range of upstream roles at BP, she has successfully founded a number of consultancies in CSR and energy transition, and most recently Sarah worked with Hamish to successfully found Lapis Energy in the US.
Sarah is passionate about structuring sustainable commercial arrangements between host governments, emitters and carbon transporters and storers to make CCS projects investable, bankable and real.
Sarah holds a BSc Hons in Economics & Politics from the University of Bath.
Meet Tony
Hydrogen Expert
Tony is one of the UK’s thought leaders in Hydrogen, having spent some 5 years developing a UK industrial decarbonised cluster based on hydrogen, CO2 & CCUS.
He brings some 40 years’ experience with BP, ExxonMobil and Schlumberger and has global consulting experience in Africa, USA, the Middle East and Europe.
Previously he specialised in commercial natural gas. He is an expert in infrastructure planning and is an Advisory Board member of the Decarbonised Gas Alliance and a founder of the UK Northwest Hydrogen Alliance. He is also a member of the UK Government Hydrogen market advisory group.
Tony holds a PhD in oil biotechnology .
Meet Martin
Risk Expert
Martin brings 20 years of financial risk management skills to the team, secured in energy and agricultural commodity trading sectors. Previously he gained extensive international experience in a range of major oil company roles from upstream exploration through commercial gas to New Business development. He has risk-managed green energy portfolios since 2001. Martin is recognised as a specialist in large scale breakthrough project design and execution, incorporating IT systems and process change.
Martin holds a BSc in Geology from Sheffield and an MBA from Reading.
Meet Glen
Chairman
Glen has worked in the upstream energy sector for 40 years.
He served as Upstream Director of Shell UK and Ireland from 2010 to 2015, prior to which he was VP for Development, supporting new business and petroleum engineering as Group Chief Petroleum Engineer. His career began with Exxon in the UK North Sea, where huge offshore developments transformed the UK and Norway, and went on to span the globe.
Having participated in and led some of the world’s most impactful energy projects, Glen is passionate about and committed to mitigating climate change through the prism of business-driven opportunity: integrating novel technology, expertise and knowledge to find practical solutions for a safe and affordable net-zero future.
Glen holds degrees in Geology and Petroleum Studies from Liverpool and Aberdeen Universities.
Meet Angus
Subsurface Analyst
Angus brings fresh knowledge of CO2 storage techniques and skills in Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Within Azuli, Angus' principal responsibility combines these attributes with his analytical skills to feed data to the team that enable critical decision making, project development and, crucially, industrial decarbonisation through permanent CO2 sequestration.
Angus holds a first-class Geoscience degree from the University of Edinburgh and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
Meet Brian
Technical Director - UK Lead
Brian is a chartered geologist and has spent more than 40 years in the energy business with BP, Statoil, and BG, as General Manager and Exploration Director.
The wealth of knowledge he has gained in upstream international operations is relevant and readily applicable to the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, to deliver a net-zero future. Brian is actively applying his play-based exploration experience to identify and develop the best potential carbon sinks for Carbon Capture and Storage, adjacent to major industrial carbon emitters. In the short term this provides the potential to abate emissions while the world transitions from fossil to renewable fuels.
Brian holds an MSc in Petroleum Geology, from Imperial College, London.
Meet Ralph
Asia Pacific Business Lead
Ralph’s main areas of expertise include business development, energy marketing, and major negotiations. He looks to secure practical solutions to resolve commercial issues and close complex deals. He has a deep network within the energy industry and strong international relationships in the Asian markets, including Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia and Singapore.
His current focus is on developing new sustainable energy projects with Azuli in the Asia-Pacific region, where his business experience is helping deliver superior business outcomes for clients. Ralph is committed to delivering new, cleaner energy and decarbonisation projects to help solve the world's climate challenges.
Ralph holds a BSc in Mathematics with distinctions from Curtin University and an MBA from the University of Western Australia.
Meet Alexandre
Senior Finance Adviser
Alexandre is focused on delivering solutions to the challenges posed by climate change and sustainable development. He has 30 years of experience advising clients on project & corporate acquisitions, risk assessments, investments and financing multiple projects in the energy, infrastructure and maritime sectors with leading investment banks, foundations and advisory firms.
He worked on privatisations in Central and Eastern Europe before joining Lazard’s corporate finance department in London in 1996, where he advised on the structuring of complex energy infrastructure financing and on asset M&A transactions. In 2009 he was appointed head of project finance and solar programme coordinator at the Clinton Climate Initiative – an endeavour of the William J. Clinton Foundation. He co-founded ACCESS Corporate Finance in 2015, a London-based financial advisory firm providing M&A services where he is now a senior adviser.
Alexandre is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in the UK. He is also a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris where he teaches a seminar on climate change and finance, and at the Cranfield School of Management where he sits on the finance practice advisory board.
Alexandre holds degrees from Sciences Po in Paris, the Harvard Kennedy School and INSEAD.
Meet Duncan
Consulting Lead and Commercial development
Duncan brings a wealth of project, commercial and business development experience. He is now relishing the challenges of developing projects that change old paradigms of energy supply and industrial CO2 emissions in the cause of halting the march of climate change.
His early career was onsite petrochemical plant engineering with Exxon. His subsequent commercial experience spans upstream offshore oil & gas field business management, oil and gas economics, oil shipping, pipeline and gas contract negotiations, very early CCS project scoping analysis, and then power plant and combined heat and power plant development in industrial corridors for Conoco, DuPont and Reliant Energy. Project management roles include early BD with financing to FID and then construction contracting large power plants and for energy trading operations. He also developed his own business in industrial energy reduction.
Duncan holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, is a chartered engineer and has an MBA from the London Business School.
As the energy industry undergoes a fundamental restructuring, Azuli International represents the bridge between the best traditional solutions and structures and the next generation to ensure effective and efficient project development and delivery of commercially viable investments. Azuli International is driven to leverage the best of global learning with expert local delivery.
Connecting major CO2 emitters with the best CO2 storage sites.
The Azuli International team comprises leading industry experts with multiple decades of relevant technical, commercial and project experience with the biggest companies in the world and is positioned to become a market leader in the rapidly evolving world of industrial decarbonisation through CCUS.
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Azuli International has an experienced board and management team that have a strong track record in building successful businesses, delivering shareholder returns and providing industry-leading advice and expertise.
We are committed to disrupting traditional models and blending global solutions with local delivery. This enables the energy sector to leverage its existing asset base to create low-carbon energy streams, generating value whilst reducing carbon intensity and developing new green energy infrastructure.
Why people choose Azuli International
Global thinking, local delivery strategic relationships and partnerships
Nimble first mover with global reach and deep international expertise with particular interests in USA, UK, EU, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa
Commercial and project finance excellence
International expertise in CCS, clean hydrogen, carbon/hydrogen market development and risk management
World-class capital project delivery enabled by rigorous capital discipline and risk management
A valued partner with capital to fund complex interdependent projects from inception through to operations