He’s operated at the most senior level with overall accountability for projects from inception to commercial operations. The scale and complexity of these projects are often referred to as “mega-projects”, characterized by multi-billion-dollar investment commitment, vast complexity, and long-lasting impact on the economy and society. In the last 15 years alone Gerry projects totalled over $30B approved for investment, with more in planning.
Gerry led projects full-cycle from very early stage initiation to commercial operations and is expert in project management systems, strategies, capability build, portfolio management, evaluation, reviews and governance and all aspects of major project management. He has developed and led large, diverse multi-discipline teams and executive level management of investors, partners, contractors, governments and communities. He has extensive experience across all aspects and phases of major developments and project management and was part of a small group of people that transformed how projects were done into one of the most capable project organisations in the sector. He was also part of the global projects leadership team during the most active period for projects in the company’s history.
Gerry’s project skills offer most value in the special categories of megaprojects; complex; high risk; new technology; pioneering into new sectors and environments; require multiple points of integration; have barriers to overcome; or aspire for transformational performance.
His projects have included the early days of carbon capture, offshore electrification, oil and gas developments, subsea systems, floating systems, ships, offshore platforms, decommissioning, offshore and onshore pipelines, LNG, ports, harbours, roads, quarries, fabrication facilities, beach landings, chemical plants, gas processing facilities and terminals. In the energy transition he is focusing on applying this experience to floating offshore wind, tidal, wave, hydrogen, carbon capture, geothermal and megaprojects that have particular complexity such as integrated energy developments.
Gerry is a chartered engineer, with an honours degree in Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and executive education in project leadership at MIT. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Association for Project Management.
FLEXIBLE CAPABILITY
Gerry has a track record in mobilising capability and expertise to solve problems and develop solutions. He has applied this to a full range of projects. From megaprojects, rapidly building client teams up to 450 multi-discipline experts and mans more in major and specialist contractors, to small agile task force teams to solve very specific time sensitive problems. Increasingly projects need to have the ability to flex to opportunities and problems while staying in control and focused on the mission, and the challenges in the global energy system are evolving fast.
ROCKALL OPERATING MODEL
The Rockall operating model is to utilise this capability with Gerry’s extensive network of experts to mobilise capability that matches the need, rather than force fit the need to the solution. This network includes multidiscipline experts that can work as associates in an integrated offering and extends to specialist contractors and researchers as required. This model can extend to full development organisation capability for selected endeavours.
