As a chartered chemical engineer, I have 19 years of comprehensive experience in the oil refining industry. My career has ranged from large oil companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell, market leading oil refinery catalyst suppliers such as AkzoNobel and Johnson Matthey, to renowned equipment suppliers such as Nutter Engineering and most recently, Emtrol. I have built a strong reputation as a pro-active, customer-oriented and trusted service provider in my industry. I have built strong, respectful and mutually beneficial relationships across the board, from operators to senior oil industry managers in national oil companies, independents and majors. My success in business development is based on my deep technical and operational understanding of oil refineries and my proven sales and relationship management skills that I have developed over the years, whilst meeting challenging sales targets across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. Over time, I have managed and led different sized teams - from local engineering teams, virtual sales teams to technical service teams across different markets and time zones. As a member of the business executive team at Johnson Matthey Catalysts, I contributed to business strategy and the successful acquisition of Intercat. I am an invited speaker at industry conferences such as ERTC, RRTC and the Grace Davison European FCC Technology Conference and have been a second author on several operational papers. Management Specialties: business development, process licensing, technical support, sales and consultancy, team leadership, refining technology, multi-disciplinary team management Oil Industry Technology Specialities: (R)FCC, hydroprocessing, hydrocracking, hydrogen production, steam reforming and catalysis across all these segments

Commercial Manager @ I manage the European office of Emtrol, a market leader in providing FCC and petrochemical cyclone hardware for the oil refining and petrochemical industries. Our customers include national, multi-national and independent oil refineries across the globe. I am responsible for business development, contract negotiations and managing third party subcontractors and suppliers across Europe, Africa and Russia. In conjunction with the technical manager, I lead the UK based team of eight engineers and support staff and liaise with headquarters in the United States. From August 2013 to Present (2 years 5 months) Senior Project Manager @ From August 2012 to August 2013 (1 year 1 month) Project Manager @ From September 2011 to July 2012 (11 months) Refineries Business Manager - Europe, ME, Africa @ From February 2006 to August 2011 (5 years 7 months) Refining Technology Sales @ From July 2003 to January 2006 (2 years 7 months) Technical Sales Representative @ From July 2000 to May 2003 (2 years 11 months) Operations Engineer @ From December 1997 to June 2000 (2 years 7 months) Proposals Engineer @ From August 1996 to December 1997 (1 year 5 months)

Paul Willbourne is skilled in: Team Leadership, Technical Support, Refining, Chemical Engineering, Petrochemical, Petroleum, Process Engineering, Process Simulation, Energy, Refinery, Catalysis, Engineering, Process Optimization, Oil/Gas, Process Design