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title: Richard Alabaster
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## **Richard Alabaster**

**Executive and Business Development**

> Midstream, Upstream, Clean Tech
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> Oceania, Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Africa, Mexico

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

C-Suite Executive

Board Member

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Midstream: Projects, Executive, Engineering, Technology, Corporate Development 

Upstream: Geophysical, Technology, Executive, Corporate Development, Drilling, Completions

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

Clean Tech: Technology, Engineering, Project Management, Corporate Development, Executive

Types of Clean Tech: Solar, Hydrogen, Wind, CO2 capture

3. Current employer:

Top secret information

4. Previous employers:

TechnipFMC, FMC Technologies, Peers & Co, Hudrox Corporation, Schlumberger, NZ Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

Got a field internship with Schlumberger while studying Chemical and Materials Engineering at University.

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

Great opportunity to be at the leading edge of innovation, contribute my skills and experience and thus be involved in bringing significant and rapid change for the better.

> ## Okay, now for some fun things about Richard…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

- Sailing
- Outdoor sports & fitness
- Family & friends

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

- Raising my daughter
- Going from small-town New Zealand to running a global division of a large multinational group
- Renovating my chateau

9. If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Planet healing

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

      Professional cricket player

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

A philosopher

12.  My favorite song is               by           .

Largo from Vivadi's concerto in D major for lute & guitar. (Not strictly a "song", but still ...)

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

Americas Cup racing team

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well. (My grandmother)