During the course of his career he has held a number of senior management roles as well as project management and site level technical advisor roles. He also has held overall responsibility for the technical services on major power plant projects across Europe, CIS, Russia, Israel and Pakistan. He held various senior positions including Europe+ Regional Engineering Services Manager, EMEA Operational Director, President of Spanish branch of General Electric legal entity (Sociedad Anómina) and General Manager (Geschaftsfuher) for the German branch of a General Electric legal entity (Gmbh). He has directly supervised contractors in various countries and site teams of up to fifty personnel. He has lead cross functional teams of up to 200 people including Commercial Managers, Project Managers, Project Directors, Field Project Teams, Sales, Finance and Human Resources Managers.

He is currently works in the role of Independent Technical Expert, Dispute Adjudication Board Member and Arbitration Tribunal Member for thermal power plant construction and maintenance. This includes on-site investigations, technical reviews, assessment of multi-year service agreements, failure assessment and contract writing. He is available for assignments on Dispute Boards under Contractual Adjudication Agreements as well as an Adjudicator under Statutory Adjudication in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He is available to advise on Statutory Adjudication schemes in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand as well as for appointment to Arbitration Tribunals with the Seat of Arbitration in England & Wales. He is a founding Director of the engineering consultancy Smith Chalmers Ltd

Specialist in

• Thermal Power Generation and Steam Generation Plant Construction
• Thermal Power Generation and Steam Generation Plant Maintenance
• Gas Turbine and Generator Repairs
• Multi Year Maintenance Agreements
• Industrial Plant Installation and Maintenance (Cement, Steel)
• Installation, Maintenance and Repair Contracts for Rotating Equipment

Training Technical

• 1991 General Electric Gas Turbine Field Engineering Programme, Schenectady, New York
• February 1992 Mk IV Gas Turbine Control System Training, Schenectady, New York
• 1994 General Electric Advanced Generator Maintenance Programme, Schenectady, New York
• March 1994 Generator Exciter Fundamentals, Schenectady, New York
• January 1994 GE Confined Space Safety Training, Schenectady, New York
• January 1994 GE Electrical Safety Training, Schenectady, New York
• January 1994 GE Lockout & Tagout Training, Schenectady, New York
• August 1994 GE Asbestos Abatement Training Schenectady, New York

Management

• May 2000 GE New Manager Development Course (Two Weeks Offsite), Brussels, Belgium
• GE Six Sigma Training (Green Belt Level) 2000 London, UK
• GE Black Belt Leadership Skills Training Nov 1999, London, UK
• GE Six Sigma Training (Black Belt Level) 2001 London, UK
• Sept 2002 GE Advanced Manager Course (Three Weeks Offsite), Florence, Italy

Commercial

• May 2008 Use of Dispute Boards under FIDIC MDB Conditions, DRBF Cape Town, South Africa
• June 2016 DRBF Administration & Practice Workshop, DRBF Milan, Italy
• November 2016 Dispute Board Experienced User Workshop, DRBF Sofia, Bulgaria
• May 2016 Arbitral Award Writing – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

CAREER SUMMARY

2012 - date : Smith Chalmers Ltd, Founding Director and Senior Consultant

1991 - 2012 : General Electric Power Division, Turbine Maintenance, Repair, Installation and Commissioning Cement and Steel Plant Filtration Installation, Maintenance and Upgrades.
Various levels of increasing responsibility including Project Engineer, Technical Advisor, Project Director and Regional Engineering Services Manager.

International Experience

Europe, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela, El Salvador, Caribeen, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Kazackastan,Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Israel, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia

Membership

• Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London)
• Member of London Court of International Arbitration (London)
• Representative Neutral of the Mediation and Conciliation Network (India)
• Member of Prime Dispute (UK)
• Member of the Adjudication Society (UK and Ireland)
• Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
• Professional Member of the Dispute Board Federation
• ICC Open Database of Adjudicators
• Listed Technical Expert with HKA (www.hka.com)