An independent consultant to businesses and charities who worked in business for over 30 years before establishing own firm.
Initially worked with KPMG and then with BP where my final position was Head of Finance for one of BP’s North Sea Divisions with responsibility for all commercial and financial work for that part of the business.
Leaving BP in 2009, I established my own business to apply experience of leading/managing people and of financial/commercial work in: Business Coaching, Charity financial management and Oil & Gas Consultancy.
Work and employment history is as follows:
Provide all financial and commercial support for a division comprising Southern North Sea gas fields, UK onshore oilfields and the UK pipelines and terminals operations of BP.
Leading the team which developed annual plans and supported North Sea senior leadership in managing delivery from its extensive oil and gas development and production portfolio.
Project roles: leading projects to implement a new cost allocation system, implement a system to comply with US SEC reserve reporting and to transform global management information.
Running a project to transfer operatorship of a number of BP’s gas fields to a new entrant company, establishing the company as a new operator in the North Sea.
Directing the commercial activities of BP’s gas production and storage business in the Netherlands and managing the evaluation and development of new gas discoveries.
Integrating the Arco UK upstream business into BP’s North Sea business to achieve a smooth transition following the major corporate acquisition.
Planning and financial management for the ETAP fields through exploration, development and commissioning to live operation. My role also included implementation of production management, cost sharing and commercial allocation arrangements across the fields.
On joining BP, I led the North Sea IT audit function until 1991, assessing risk and conducting reviews to reduce and mitigate risk to business delivery and continuity.
I trained in audit work and subsequently led and managed a large number of company audits before specialising in IT systems work. In this role I acted as an external consultant to clients in retail, financial services, oil and gas and local government.
The experience gained in this time provided an excellent financial and business grounding essential to much of what I have subsequently done. Working with clients across different sectors allowed me to build an understanding of how many different types of organisation operate: this is of great value to me within my own business.
Regular courses with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Association for Coaching for continued development in the areas of my business interests. Attendence at oil & gas events and conferences.
Completed Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching programme at the University of Aberdeen. Course research paper delivered on the subject of “Coaching as an Essential Element of Effective Line Management Today”.
Participated in BP senior level leadership development programme focused on analysis and understanding of personal leadership strengths and capabilities and on building successful teams.
Trained as coach and mentor for BP Developing Leadership Potential programme by coach and psychologist Richard Mindel of Mindel Cunnane Associates.
Graduated from JMW sponsored ‘Manager of the Future’ programme: a programme dedicated to step change improvement in effective business delivery.
Participated in KPMG senior management development training programme focused on the development of people leadership skills for managers from financial discipline backgrounds.
Accountancy training with Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland while working through Training Contract with Thomson McLintock (now part of KPMG) to become a fully qualified CA.
Obtained BA in Accountancy and Economics at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Email: brian@miller-business.com
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