Christopher Kokaram

Operations Director (Dep) Damietta LNG

Cairo, Egypt

About

Managing Director, Vice President, Project Director and Operations Director with executive Senior Leadership and Management in Business Enterprises including Senior Project management Roles in Global and Local Ventures and Businesses with more than 38 years of Oil and Gas industry experience in various roles. Broad business and technical knowledge of Midstream LNG and Downstream Technical and Plant Operations including Supply Chain Management. Project Director/Manager in several mega/large projects across continental and regional borders. Successful project management of multi disciplined projects (Business, Front End & Construction, IT). Languages: English (mother tongue); Spanish (fluent); French (basic); Italian (basic) Specialties: Meets and/or exceed all of the Leadership, Personal and Business Competences related to own experience. Project Management: Expert, Project Engineering: Expert, Operations Management: Skill; Contracting & Procurement: Skill, Contracting Strategy; Expert, Business Consultancy; Skill, HSSE Management; Skill; Commercial Strategy; Skill, Use of Office tools; Skill, Stakeholder Mgt; Skill, Change Management; Skill, Supply Chain Management; Skill

Experience

  • Eni (Full-time · 13 yrs 7 mos)
    • Operations Director (Dep) Damietta LNG
      Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Managing Director - Brass LNG Limited
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs

    • LNG Project Manager/LNG Delivery Manager/Technical Manager
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2020 · 8 yrs

      LNG Project Manager/Technical Manager

  • Shell (6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Project Manager
      Jan 2008 - Jan 2013 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Project Management Services. Contracting Strategy. Project Engineering Services, Interface Management, Opportunity Framing

    • Global Projects Manager
      Jul 2006 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Global oversight of major projects in D-Business (CAPEX spend >USD 500 mln). Projects process assurance provider and custodian for Distribution project guides Provide project management steer and guide to major projects through steering committee participation. Major projects include Biofuels, Benzene Exposure Control, Secondary Tank containment (Nordics); Faroes Commercial Fuels Depot construction.

  • Shell (15 yrs 3 mos)
    • Business Project Manager
      Aug 2002 - Apr 2006 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Business Project Manager for Umoja (Africa ERP Convergence Project). Main challenges include using Downstream One processes configured within a single ERP system. Reports to Chief Finance Officer and part of Finance Leadership Team. Represented SOPAF on D-1 Design Board. Main learnings from this projects includes Change & Communications Management and managing senior stakeholders within Africa & Global. I also gained insight into the D-1 Streamline process areas.

    • Sr. Business Consultant
      Jan 2001 - Jul 2002 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Sr. Business Consultant responsible for leading strategy and development projects across the Oil Products division in Shell. OMC (Shell Oil Products Management Consultancy) based in London responsible for providing consultancy services to key strategic projects for the Shell Group. Main projects undertaken include Global Lubricants Initiative, Group Commercial Strategy as Global Programme Manager, India Lubricants Strategy Review and SEOP Commercial review. Main achievements has been excellent customer feedback on the projects undertaken to follow through on recommendations.

    • Development Manager
      Jul 1999 - Jan 2001 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Development Manager responsible for the implementation of Business Development Projects in SOPLA (Shell Oil Products Latin America). Projects included OPMIS, Chart of Accounts Migration, CROSS 3, JDE Procurement Module. Main achievements include successfully developing and piloting the Manufacturing Module in Latin America. All projects were implemented within safety, time and budget targets.

  • Sr. Mechanical Engineer/Sr. Project Engineer at PCS Nitrogen/Arcadian/Fertrin Trinidad
    Feb 1988 - Jan 1991 · 3 yrs

    Senior Mechanical engineer responsible for engineering projects, shutdown co-ordination, NDT inspection and Vibration analysis on rotating machinery for PCS Nitrogen- an Ammonia producing complex. Main Achievements included working on projects to improve performance and reliability of the plants including steam, gas and ammonia turbines in addition to Maintenance Management. Recognised for high calibre supervision & planning during plant turnarounds.

  • Sr. Project Engineer at Damus Caribbean Ltd
    Jul 1984 - Jan 1988 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    : Project Engineer responsible for estimating, tendering and executing simultaneous small to large engineering and construction projects in Refineries & Process Plants. Damus Limited is the leading engineering and construction contractor in the Eastern Caribbean operating in 8 countries. Main Challenges include ensuring that projects are completed on time within budget for which recognition was achieved as one of the most highly valued employees.Main Achievements: All projects delivered on time and within budget. Developed skill in concurrent project mamangement of severall simultaneous small projects.