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An independent, professionally based business advisory and specialist training company, Holmwood Consulting Limited provides consultants with a strong mixture of hands-on international energy and diverse business backgrounds.

 

Holmwood Consulting Limited is headed by Leigh Bolton working with a core team of key Associates who are highly qualified, with most having first degrees and many with post-graduate qualifications.  When it comes to our Core Team and other Associates, we believe in finding experienced experts who not only know their industry and subject, but can share their

knowledge effectively across geographies and cultures. All of our consultants have a record of proven success and

demonstrated accomplishment across the international energy and utilities industry over many years.

 

Expertise.    Intelligent Application.   Experience.

Holmwood Consulting Limited's Team

 

Consultant Profiles

 

Leigh A Bolton - Principal and Managing Director

 

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  • 25 years focused energy experience  
  • Established management consultant and trainer
  • Worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas
  • Energy Director for previous consultancy company
  • Also held positions of Principal Consultant and Managing Consultant
    in other Energy & Utilities consulting groups
  • Senior management position in top-5 world electric power utility

 

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To truly be able to deliver the services and expertise provided by Holmwood Consulting Limited we select and apply the

knowledge and experience of a broad, international network of Associates and friends giving the potential of top experts or multi-disciplined teams, as required. Some of our network of core Associates comprise:

     

Herbie Battye - Associate

 

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  • Ships Captain and Master Mariner
  • Independent consultant
  • Oil and Gas industry focus
  • 20 years experience with Shell Fleet
  • Extensive knowledge of LNG tanker operations
  • Specialist expertise in marine activities for shipping and terminals
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Lawrie Bickford- Associate

 

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  • Independent consultant
  • 25 years experience in upstream oil & gas
  • Expertise in economic evaluation & planning, hazard & risk,
    and environmental management
  • Extensive upstream, midstream and operational/project experience
  • Latterly, focus on natural gas production, transportation and marketing
  • Previous direct industry experience with Exxon and Shell

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Robin Burley- Associate

 

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  • Well established consultant and trainer since 1990
  • 30 years experience in the Oil industry
  • Key expertise in oil supply, trading and logistics
  • Previous direct industry experience with BP and Gulf Oil
  • Lived and worked in USA, Middle East and Europe

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Alex Kahl - Associate

 

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  • Well established as a consultant since 1988
  • Key expertise in energy and the environment
  • Based in the USA but works internationally

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Tony Smith - Associate

 

  • Established consultant 
  • Key expertise in strategy, business, contracts and commercial aspects
  • Considerable international experience
  • 27 years in upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of oil & gas industry
  • Previous direct experience with Exxon and BP

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Paul Taylor - Associate

 

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  • Well established consultant and trainer over almost 20 years
  • Key expertise in developing top business skills and global leadership
  • Considerable international experience
  • Former Business Marketing Manager for London Electricity through
    UK liberalisation process
  • Previous experience in Sales & Marketing for Boeing and  GEC

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Angus Warren - Associate

 

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  • Consultant with strategy, business and commercial expertise
  • Natural Gas business and commercial LNG focus
  • Focus on upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the
    international oil & gas industry
  • Previously 15 years varied experience with BP
  • Based in USA but works internationally

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