Board of Directors
David Mullen, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Mullen, aged 52, joined Wellstream as Chief Executive Officer on 01 September 2010. He has over 20 years’ industry experience, most recently as Chief Executive Officer for Ocean rig ASA. Prior to this, his positions have included Senior Vice President of Transocean Inc. with responsibility for worldwide marketing, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Between 2001 and 2004 he was president of Schlumberger Oilfield Services, North and South America. Mr Mullen holds a degree in geology from Trinity College, Dublin, and a masters degree in geophysics from the University College Galway, Ireland.
Alasdair MacDonald, Executive Director
Mr. MacDonald, aged 46, joined the Company in August 2008 as head of Corporate Development and was appointed to the Board on 21 September 2009. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Duco Limited, a subsidiary of Technip, and was also General Manager for Technip UK. He has over 20 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry and has an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Paisley University.
Chris Gill, Finance Director
Mr. Gill, aged 48, joined the Company as Finance Director on 7 January 2008. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 with Ernst and Whinney and has a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Newcastle upon Tyne University. He has over 20 years of financial experience across a diverse range of businesses, most recently as Finance Director at the Noble Organisation and domnick hunter Company plc and prior to that in Black and Decker Corp. He is a non-executive director of Stadium Group plc and a board member of the North of England Industrial Development Board.
Luis Araujo, Executive Director
Mr. Araujo, aged 52, joined the Company on 21 June 2004 as head of Wellstream’s operations in Brazil. He has over 26 years of experience in the industry working as a general manager for ABB Company and in engineering, project management and sales for Coflexip, Vetco and FMC Technologies. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Edinburgh University.
Michael Bellamy, Executive Director
Mr Bellamy, aged 48, was appointed executive director effective 4 February 2011. Michael is currently General Manager of PII Pipeline Solutions, a GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen Energy Services joint venture. He was previously Chief Marketing Officer of GE's Oil & Gas business. Michael has over 23 years of experience in sales and marketing of technology solutions to the oil and gas industry..