Stephen J Finnie is a visionary and goal-oriented global business programme director with extensive experience successfully delivering complex projects on time and on budget. He has a demonstrated ability to lead stakeholders, define strategies and build high-performing teams. Finnie has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, specializing in production operations and maintenance engineering. He has expertise in strategic leadership, complex programme delivery, team building, and commercial and risk management.

1. Executive BIO – Stephen J Finnie
Visionaryandgoal-orientatedGlobal Business
Programme Director with demonstrated best
in class record of delivery, capability
enablement, on-time and on budget
experience workingwith many of the world’s
leading financial and energy institutions.
Nowlookingtoshare hisexpertise ofeffective
cost contained project delivery in an
uncertain world.
Key Skills and expertise
Strategic Leadership: Experienced understanding of complex global business operations. Proven
ability to lead the stakeholders to “buy-in” to identified business problems. Ability to create
alignment to deliver a strategy and vision. Proven ability to engage the workforce to adopt the
strategy and vision across a number of organisational boundaries.
 Example: Defined and developed a global business operational model for Production
Operations of a Global Gas Major with operations in 15 countries. Harmonised key business
processes and systems enabling a capable and mobile workforce.
 Example: Lead definition of key integrated working practices Midstream and Marine
Operations enabling successful operational readiness for first gas in the World’s First Coal
Seamto Liquefied NaturalGasPlant. Thisoperationalmodelwillbeused in otherplantsacross
the world.
ComplexProgramme Delivery: Throughformalaccreditationandhands-onglobal delivery. Execution
of multi-million (Circa $55m) strategic initiativesthat focuses on enabling the resolutionof complex
business problems and efficiency in the workplace.
 Example: Successfully lead and integrated Globalsetof businessstakeholders,ITorganisation
and IT Delivery partner into a lean, agile and multi-disciplinary, high performing team.
Focusing on clear businessoutcomesand value. 24-hourprogrammeoperation spreadacross
4 continents.
 Example: Remediated failing Data Foundation Programmebyleading stakeholderreviewsand
enabling Subject Matter Expert intervention to mitigate lack of alignment and requirements
definition of multi-million-dollar North American deployment.

2. Team Building: Experienced in developing multi-cultural, low performing teams into effective and
efficient high performing organisations.
 Example: Developed and built an organisational capability assessment tool which measures
key attributesof a high-performing organisation. Measured People, Processand Technology
effectiveness. Subsequently built the continuous improvement plans required to achieve the
effectiveness required. Rolled out to 5 countries.
 Example: Defined and lead thecentralisation of an inefficientglobalprogrammeorganisation
from 8 countries into a single hub organisation. Provided hands on leadership for both
stakeholders and effected personnel to ensure successful and effective transition.
DomainExpertise: Experiencedindeliveryof complexexplorationandproductionfunctionalbusiness
capability programmes. Specific and relevant experience in both Production Operations and
Maintenance Engineering.
 Example: Programme Manager for Global Gas Major Surface Business Solutions (Digital Oil
Field) initiative. Spanning functions of Maintenance, HSSE Operations and Production
Excellence. Delivery of businessbenefitsof circa $500million over 4 years. Global Production
Efficiency raised from 86% to 93%.
 Example: Quality Assurance Lead for Oil and Gas Supermajor with responsibility for North
America and European businessunit quality assuranceof Production Systems. Reduced time
to build by engineering requirement and testing phases into efficient functional focused
outcomes.
Commercial and risk management: Ability to mitigate cost increment by applying the correct
commercial frameworks to achieve the business outcome. Experience in reviewing operational,
governance orcommercial riskandplacementandexecutionof the corrective mitigation measures.
 Example: Managing Director of successfulGlobal Consulting Houseproviding subjectmatter
experts to the Oil and Gas Industry. Successfully grew the company from turnover of $200k
per year to over $11.5million in 4 years.
 Example: Negotiation of a fixed price delivery contractof $50million fora global programme
of work reducing the organisational risk on delivery and scope containment.
Career History
2006 to Present Managing Director,Elite Energy&International ConsultingServices
June 2016 to Present EngagementandProductionDeliveryEngagementDirector,Woodside
Energy
Nov2016 to Present Global ERP DeliveryLead,Global Offshore ServicesOrganisation
2009 to April 2016 Programme Manager /Programme Director – BG Group
2008 to 2009 Programme Manager – CabindaGulf Oil Company
2004 to 2008 Quality& DeliveryManager–ChevronCorporation

3. 1999 to 2003 VariousCompaniesincluding: Royal Bankof Scotland,ScottishPower
AndNational AustraliaGroup
Educational & Vocational
ProjectManagement Prince 2 Practitioner
ProjectManagement Scrum Practitioner
BSc (Hons) Maritime Defence andBusiness
ScottishQualificationsAuthority,HigherLevel,2A,2 B and 3 C