Ian Mitchell - Subsea Advisor and Performance Manager

BP

Ian has worked in the subsea industry for over 30 years. In the early part of his career he worked for Shell, KD Marine, Global Diving, Underwater Inspection Services, & Seaway Diving. He spent 4 years at Oceaneering International as Subsea Project Engineer and worked in North Sea, Norway, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Ian joined BP in 1985, and spent 10 years on various offshore subsea construction and remedial projects as Client Representative and Subsea Engineer. Moving onshore he supported the development of BP safety cases and helped develope BP’s overall approach to safety management for subsea operations. In 2000 Ian was responsible for delivering the BP Federal Contracting Strategy for subsea activities across the North Sea.

In 2001 he became Operational Excellence Team Leader managing a multi-disciplined team of 45 personnel supporting BP's Global Operations (subsea and topside) via the BP Upstream Technology Group

Since 2003 he has held numerous positions within the Aberdeen based Subsea Operations Team: - Project Manager on the initial stages of Forties Pipeline system Hot-Tap project, Regional Subsea Team Leader, Subsea Strategy Team Leader, and he also acted as Head of Subsea & Pipelines during the recent restructuring in 2009/2010.

Ian is currently Subsea Advisor and Performance Manager within the Aberdeen based Subsea Team, responsible for subsea cost & planning systems and subsea recruitment.