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Andrew Gould, Chairman of BG Group
A chartered accountant, Andrew Gould was Chairman and CEO of Schlumberger from 2003 to 2011, retiring as Chief Executive in 2011 and Chairman in April 2012. Until May 2012, he was Senior Independent Director of Rio Tinto PLC. Prior to that appointment, he held the position of Executive Vice President, Schlumberger Oilfi eld Services. In a series of earlier assignments, he was Treasurer of Schlumberger Limited, and President of Sedco Forex, Wireline & Testing, and Oilfi eld Services Products. Andrew began his career at Schlumberger in 1975 in the company’s Internal Audit department in Paris. Before joining Schlumberger, he had worked for Ernst & Young. He received his degree in Economic History from the University of Wales.
we have gas that can come from everywhere. We’re probably the best positioned – the most strategically positioned – continent for importing gas from multiple markets.”
Challenges from Africa and China
Gould sees challenges for his own company further south in Africa, specifi cally developments in Mozambique and Tanzania, where a lack of reliable infrastructure and security issues remains a considerable obstacle. “It’s not so much the technical diffi culty of building an LNG plant or doing wells offshore; that we can manage,” he says. “It’s a question of having proper institutions in the country to exercise the governance over the agreements that you have with the government. That’s going to be quite slow and quite diffi cult to put in place.”
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