Peter joined Spirit Energy in July 2023. As a Chartered Chemical Engineer with an MSc in Process Technology and Management, Peter has 16 years' experience in the upstream oil and gas industry with the most recent five years spent with EnQuest. Peter has a successful track record of operational leadership, cultural change and is recognised for delivering results and improving business performance.

During his time at Maersk Oil UK Peter progressed to Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) before moving onshore into various senior HSE and Operational leadership roles. His final role with Maersk was Operations Director and was seconded to the Global Integration Team as part of the Total merger where he undertook the role of HSE Workstream Lead responsible, along with a Total counterpart, for defining Day 1 HSE readiness criteria and ensuing delivery by all business units.

After leaving Maersk Oil UK, Peter joined EnQuest undertaking various operational leadership roles ultimately being accountable for all of EnQuest’s operated production in the role of Upstream Asset Manager.

Prior to working in the upstream oil and gas industry he has held Health and Safety, Engineering and Operations positions within the onshore petro-chemical, power generation and manufacturing industries.