Business Engagement via the Institutional Employer Board

Business partnerships

Collaboration and Consulting

Working with businesses and industry to provide expertise and expand collaborative research opportunities

Business Engagement via the Institutional Employer Board

The Institutional Employer Board engages with employers, and regional and national organisations, to enhance and inform our education, employability development and business engagement strategies. Our Programme Advisory Boards / Employer Liaison Groups, or equivalent, consist of internal and external representatives, including students and alumni, employers, and community stakeholders – they help shape and inform the curriculum and educational opportunities for students within specific programmes of study.

Members of the Institutional Employer Board
Members of the Business School Advisory Board
Members of the MA Programme Advisory Board
Members of School of Law Employment, Entrepreneurship and Co-curriculum Committee

School of Engineering Programme Advisory Boards

School of Engineering Advisory Board Members
  • Leslie Adam, Dyce Academy
  • Nicola Mason, Worley
  • Alan Stokes, Advisian Aberdeen
  • Yash Audichya, Faraday Grid Limited
  • Andy Ewens, Wood
  • Dan Peck, Aberdeen International Airport
  • Chris Bond, retired Chemical Engineer
  • Dr Patrick O'Brien, Oil and Gas industry professional
  • Taf Powell, Corporate Integrity Partnership and Taf Powell Associates Limited (TPAL)
  • Fiona Walker, AGR
Decommissioning Advisory Board Members

For MSc Decommissioning

  • Kristi Olson, Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
  • Nigel Lees, Wood
  • Alvaro Ranero, Repsol Sinopec Resources Ltd.
  • Richard Heard, Insite North Sea
  • Jim Christie, Offshore Decommissioning Services
Energy Transition Systems and Technologies Advisory Board Members
Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board Members

For BEng/MEng Petroleum Engineering and MSc Petroleum Engineering

Process Safety Advisory Board Members

For MSc Process Safety

Renewable Energy Engineering Advisory Board Members

For MSc Renewable Energy Engineering

Safety and Reliability Engineering Advisory Board Members

For MSc Safety and Reliability Engineering and MSc Safety and Reliability Engineering for Oil and Gas

Subsea Engineering Advisory Board Members

For MSc Subsea Engineering and MSc Offshore Engineering

  • Vincent Goss, Aker Solutions
  • Dr Patrick O'Brien, Oil and Gas industry professional
  • Neil Gordon, Subsea UK
  • George Smith, Pipeline Bundles Manager
  • David Brookes, St Jules Ltd.
  • Torquill Crichton, TechnipFMC
  • Keith Williams, Dana Petroleum
  • Criag Porter, Subsea7
  • Paul White, Baker Hughes, a GE company
  • Nikki Chambers, OGTC
  • Keith Anderson, Wood
  • Ila Glennie, BP
  • Robert Summers, Independent Consultant 
Transport and Intelligent Mobility Advisory Board Members
  • John Birtwistle, First Bus
  • David Adam, First Group
  • Rab Dickson, Nestrans
  • Paul Finch, Nestrans
  • Emma Gilmour, AECOM
  • Colin Hardie, AECOM
  • Joanna Murray, Aberdeen City Council
  • Gale Beattie, Aberdeen City Council
  • Martin Hall, Aberdeenshire Council
  • Laurie Pickup, Vectos
  • Rachel Murphy, Community Transport Association
Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board Members

Member details will be published here soon.