Bruce Nicholson
Independent Consultant
Cinch Projects Ltd
30 years Oil & Gas Industry broad experience working in Projects, Operations & Management.
10 years consulting on capital and transformation projects including Planning, Project Services & Project Management.
Proven combination of business competence & interpersonal skills having delivered improvement projects in diverse areas of Project Management and Performance Management.
Accomplished facilitator with developed skills and expertise including:
Project Governance & Assurance
Project Controls
Project Planning
Project Management Systems
Cost Estimating
Performance Management
Risk Management
Change Management
Bruce has learnt from good, bad and ugly projects of all shapes and sizes including:
Multi-National Portfolios
Complex interrelated Project Programs and Sub-Projects
Mega Projects (~£1bn)
Small Projects and Studies (>~1 day)
Buy and Sell Side Transaction support
Organisation and Process Changes
Operational Improvements
Prior to moving into consulting in 2007, Bruce spent 14 years with owner operator BHP (formerly Hamilton Oil). Prior to that Bruce spent 6 years with contractors including Brown and Root.
Energy sector experience includes oil & gas, sustainable and new technologies, with multinationals and small start-ups.
Bruce has worked with Thyssenkrupp, Tullow, EDF, Sasol, Addax, ERC, Energy & Power, Engsolve, Eqtec, Powerhouse Energy amongst other diverse clients.
Bruce’s primary services are supporting project owners and stakeholders, helping identify, validate and control Costs, Plans and Risks through broad Project Controls expertise.