Richard Alabaster

Richard Alabaster

Executive and Business Development

Midstream, Upstream, Clean Tech
 
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)