Neil PickeringGlobal Strategic Sales Lead - Global Services Marine & Offshore, Bureau Veritas UK

Neil has over 35 years Oil and Gas Industry experience and has undertaken various roles throughout his early career ranging from detailed design through to operations, maintenance and commissioning.

Graduating from Durham University Business School in 1997 Neil moved into Senior Management roles, including a 3-year period as an Executive Director of a Small Medium Enterprise, where he says he learnt some of his hardest and most enduring lessons. His most recent roles are; Technical Director Operations and Maintenance and latterly Vice President Technical Assurance until April 2018 and currently holds to role of Global Strategic Sales Lead with Bureau Veritas and is based in the United Kingdom. In addition Neil is also a secondee into the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen representing Bureau Veritas an NZTC Partner company.

A chartered manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and member of the Institute of Directors. Neil also held a position on CMI board Scotland 2010 thru 2019 and until April 2018 held a position on ECITB board and the regional chair position for Offshore Oil and Gas sector. Two of Neil’s most recent achievements is accepting collaboration awards from ECITB and Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) for initiating and leading the Connected Competence initiative in industry.