Grahaeme Henderson

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Grahaeme Henderson
OBE, FREng
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Born
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Education University of Southampton (BSc, PhD)
Occupation(s)Engineer, maritime executive
Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2020)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2022)

Grahaeme Henderson OBE, FREng is a British engineer and maritime executive. He held senior positions at Shell plc over a career spanning more than 40 years, including serving as Senior Vice President for Shipping & Maritime from 2011 to 2021. He has been involved in industry-wide efforts to improve maritime safety, decarbonisation and sustainability, including serving as Chair of the Oil Companies International Marine Forum and President of the UK Chamber of Shipping. Henderson is an Adjunct Professor at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton. In 2017, he was listed among the top 10 most influential people in the shipping industry by Lloyd's List. [1]

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Early life and education

Henderson attended Isleworth Grammar School [ citation needed ] before studying at the University of Southampton, where he obtained a BSc degree and a PhD in numerical modelling of sea waves. [2]

Career

Shell

Henderson joined Shell in the early 1980s and worked in various international roles over a 40-year career. His overseas assignments included postings in Brunei, Nigeria, Syria, and the Netherlands. He held both technical and leadership roles, including Chief Engineer of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria and Engineering Manager for Al Furat Petroleum, a joint venture with the Syrian Petroleum Company. He also served as Chief Information Officer for Shell Upstream in the Netherlands. [3]

From 2005 to 2011, he was the CEO of Brunei Shell Petroleum, one of the largest private oil and gas companies in Southeast Asia. [4] During this time, he also served on the Brunei Economic Development Board by appointment of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. [5]

In 2011, Henderson became Senior Vice President of Shell Shipping & Maritime, where he developed a new strategy and direction, which included oversight of more than 2,000 floating assets, [6] including oil, gas and product tankers, drilling units, and offshore support vessels. This role also included the successful merger of BG Group with Shell. [7]

Academic and industry collaboration

In 2015, Henderson was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI). [8] [9]

From 2014 to 2018, Henderson was Chair of the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF). He also served as President of the UK Chamber of Shipping between 2016 and 2018. [10] In addition, he was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for the Oceans. [11]

Henderson is the Founder and Chair of Together in Safety, a global maritime safety initiative that brings together all major shipping industry bodies, companies, insurers, classification societies, flag states and governments to reduce fatalities and serious incidents in shipping. [12]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Deputy crown prince tops list of 10 most influential figures in oil and gas shipping". Arab News.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Grahaeme (1 August 1979). A study of wave climate and wave energy in Poole and Christchurch Bays (Thesis). University of Southampton.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Grahaeme Henderson". University of Southampton.
  4. ↑ Writer, NS Energy Staff (15 November 2007). "Shell discovers gas in Brunei". NS Energy.
  5. ↑ "The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2010". Oxford Business Group. 2010. ISBN   978-1-907065-29-3.
  6. ↑ "Shell designates new boss of shipping arm". TradeWinds. 14 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Shell and BG Group complete $70 billion merger". Shell. 15 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Southampton appoints Shell Shipping Vice President as Adjunct Professor". University of Southampton.
  9. ↑ "Transforming the shipping industry". Hartley News Online.
  10. ↑ "Grahaeme Henderson becomes UK Chamber of Shipping President". Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Grahaeme Henderson". World Economic Forum.
  12. ↑ Dixon, Gary (4 March 2024). "Ex-Shell shipping boss Grahaeme Henderson launches 'golden rules' safety coalition". TradeWinds.
  13. ↑ "New Fellows 2022". FREng.
  14. ↑ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f887e8ed3bf7f6337ea276d/Queens-Birthday-Honours-List-2020.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  15. ↑ "Our honorary graduates". University of Southampton.
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