VP of Energy Transition Project Development, Baker Hughes
Nigel is an expert in Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) and low carbon Hydrogen. With over 25 years of global energy industry experience with major international energy companies Shell and bp, Nigel has lead public-private partnership technology programs, policy and regulatory development organizations, project development and operations, and capability building efforts in low carbon energy. This includes roles such as global head of CCUS at bp, chair of the CO2 Capture Project, chair of the North American CCS Association, peer-reviewer for International Energy Agency CCUS reports and US DOE CO2 Capture Baseline Studies, and alternate chair for execution of the National Petroleum Council CCUS Study.
At Baker Hughes, Nigel is Vice President of Energy Transition Project Development providing solutions that underpin CCUS & H2 project execution and operation, positioning the company to help meet global energy demand by offering lower carbon solutions across industries. He represents Baker Hughes on the Governance Board for the Future Use in Energy in Louisiana consortium, the International Advisory Board for the Danish INNO-CCUS partnership, and member of the Texas Hydrogen Production Policy Council.
Nigel also is an industry lecturer at the University of Houston in their executive education courses on CCUS and the Hydrogen Economy. He also serves as an independent board director for Natural Gas Services Group, and is chair of the Safety and Sustainability Committee and member of the Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees.
Nigel graduated from Imperial College, London with a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, and from The University of Leeds, UK with a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Mining Engineering. Nigel now lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and 2 children.