A dynamic and knowledgeable business development manager who works closely with clients to assess their specific training needs. Wes is a multi-faceted business professional with 10 years of experience in international environments across Europe, USA, and Asia.
Tom Donnelly
Senior Manager - New Market Development
Tom Donnelly
Senior Manager - New Market Development
Tom is one of our long-standing team members having been with the company since 1997 developing business and cultivating relationships across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Tom is committed to offering the highest quality customer service and uses his wealth of experience to support each client’s training objectives.
Roar Malt
Drilling & Well Control Instructor
Roar Malt
Drilling & Well Control Instructor
Leading the Drilling and Well Control training at Aberdeen Drilling International, Norway, Roar is responsible for the continuous development and delivery of classroom and simulator-based training in well control and specialist drilling operations and practices such as Deepwater, HPHT Drilling, Stuck Pipe Prevention and DWOS.
Roar is a drilling specialist with over 30 years of experience, from well planning to drilling operations, for the operator, the contractor and the service company. He has extensive and demonstrable knowledge in all aspects relating to well bore stability and specialist in Dual Gradient Drilling. With a teaching background at school and university level plus years of drilling industry training experience, he has a passion for knowledge transfer and competency assurance. Roar has participated in numerous conferences focusing on drilling, MPD, and UBD.
Radzi Shahari
Well Control Instructor
Radzi Shahari
Well Control Instructor
With extensive experience in well planning and design for drilling operations, Radzi moved towards teaching and mentoring in 2015 at Universiti Teknologi Petronas. His combination of field experience and university education makes him an extremely effective and engaging instructor.
Rachel Watt
Centre Manager
Rachel Watt
Centre Manager
Rachel manages the Aberdeen training centre and is the primary point of contact for training delivered in Aberdeen and overseas at associate IWCF centres and other remote locations. She supervises the Customer Service Team and oversees the administration and logistics of any “travelling school” course throughout the delivery process to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Nurrahizan (Nurra) Hamid
Well Intervention Instructor
Nurrahizan (Nurra) Hamid
Well Intervention Instructor
Nurrahizan has been a well servicing/well work supervisor for 17+ years with operational and management experiences. He managed onsite operational on HSE leadership, coordinating and collaborating work activities with others, execution on well intervention and well head servicing and management support for crew, operation development and improvement.
Nurrahizan is now a Well Intervention instructor who strives to produce the highest possible standard of work. Nurrahizan has extensive onshore, offshore and Subsea experience as a Well Completions Supervisor in Malaysia.
Mike Thompson
Regional Director - Asia Pacific
Mike Thompson
Regional Director - Asia Pacific
Drawing on 20+ years in the Oil & Gas sector, Mike excels in drilling, training, and talent management. Accredited by IWCF, IADC, and OPITO, he’s based in Malaysia, driving brand growth in South East Asia. Joining Aberdeen Drilling International Sdn Bhd in 2015, Mike delivered well control training before moving into his current role where he now mentors and coaches instructors, elevating their professional growth. Mike completed an MBA in 2022, bolstering his expertise for enhanced leadership in the industry.
Martin McCaffrey
Well Intervention Instructor
Martin McCaffrey
Well Intervention Instructor
Martin is an IWCF accredited Well Intervention instructor who brings over 30 years’ experience, having worked in almost every position from equipment operator to Business Manager, with some of the largest Oil Service companies.
Martin has many years’ experience of training and a great commitment to knowledge sharing, being a long time member of both SPE and ICoTA.
Luis Sanchez
Well Control Instructor
Luis Sanchez
Well Control Instructor
Luis joined the team in 2021 to support operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Luis is a bilingual and highly qualified well control instructor with a BSc in Petroleum Engineering and has strong computer and programming skillsets. He has been involved in drilling operations in South America, and has over 7 years’ experience developing and delivering IADC and IWCF well control courses throughout Latin America.
Ken Hayward
Well Control Instructor
Ken Hayward
Well Control Instructor
Ken Hayward is an IWCF and IADC accredited Well Control Instructor who brings a range of experience and abilities having spent many years in the oil industry from the North Sea to the Middle East, as well as time spent in the UK Fire & Rescue Service.
Ken has many years’ experience of training, teaching, instructing, and mentoring in a variety of locations and roles and a great commitment to knowledge sharing.
Graeme Eglintine
Regional Director - MENA
Graeme Eglintine
Regional Director - MENA
A dedicated, committed, and passionate professional with over 30 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry including Drilling operations, training, development, competence, talent management, workforce planning and Human Resources. An OPITO Assessor/Instructor and OPITO Internal Verifier, Graeme is based at Aberdeen Drilling International (Dubai) and acts as coach, trainer and mentor to company Instructors, Assessors and Subject Matter Experts.
Franz Sivila
Drilling Simulation Instructor (Global)
Franz Sivila
Drilling Simulation Instructor (Global)
A Drilling and Well Engineer MSc. with 8+ years of hands-on drilling experience with a Mexican Drilling contractor for deepwater drilling for PEMEX on board 6th Gen. MODUs. Franz is a dedicated and enthusiastic, bilingual Drilling Simulation Instructor. He has strong leadership and HSE oriented skills, and his current certifications include IWCF Supervisor Level Drilling Well Control and BOSIET-HUET.
Callum Kennedy
Well Control Instructor
Callum Kennedy
Well Control Instructor
Callum is an industry professional with a strong managerial and operational background and over 30 years of oil & gas experience including senior offshore roles. He uses his experience and excellent interpersonal skills to mentor & coach, engage, motivate and support others in their competency development. As a fully accredited instructor for all levels and disciplines of IWCF Drilling training programmes, Callum delivers high-quality classroom and simulator – based training on a weekly basis in Aberdeen.
Andrew Buchan
Well Engineering Instructor
Andrew Buchan
Well Engineering Instructor
Andrew is a Drilling & Well Engineering professional with 15 years’ industry experience gained through rig site, operations support, coaching and mentoring and technical management positions. Qualified with a BEng in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Petroleum Engineering. Andrew is responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of client-specific projects; including well-specific consultancy services and training programmes with a focus on well engineering, drilling optimisation and performance improvement.
Agus Riyadi
Senior Well Control Instructor
Agus Riyadi
Senior Well Control Instructor
Agus Riyadi joined the Aberdeen Drilling International team as a Senior Well Control Instructor in Asia Pacific, to lead the training from our Kuala Lumpur training centre and to run our public courses throughout Indonesia.
He is a fully accredited instructor and assessor and during his time with Aberdeen Drilling International Agus has delivered training to a range of major, independent and multinational clients.
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