Tell us about your career journey to date.
My career started in 2007 working as a geophysicist for an operator in my beautiful home country, Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean. Known for its beautiful beaches and carnival, only a few outside the oil industry know about the rich oil and gas reserves there.
Working for two years on seismic interpretation on both a development and exploration scale really ignited my passion for the oil industry.
In 2010 I moved to a country on the other side of the world: Indonesia. Can you imagine my excitement? I went from a tiny island with 1.5 million inhabitants to one of the most densely populated countries in the world. I stayed for one year working as a reservoir geologist doing geomodelling on deep-water turbidites in the Wiriagar Deep Field offshore Papua, Indonesia. I also had the opportunity to do a geological field trip onshore Papua to look at rock outcrops and to Kalimantan to observe coal-bed methane coring.
I was 25 when I returned to Trinidad and Tobago in a role as a well planning geologist.
The experience of living in a different country and exposure to a completely different culture really inspired me and I decided to take the next step: Europe. Another continent. I enrolled for the Petroleum Geoscience Master’s programme at Imperial College London.
After my Master’s degree is when my career with TotalEnergies began. I moved to and worked for seven years in Aberdeen as a geologist in the Northern North Sea (NNS) and Central North Sea (CNS) assets. Hardly any other industry offers such amazing possibilities to experience work in different countries!
My next adventure was to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 2019. Another continent, another culture. Covid-19 hit during this time, as I continued to broaden my know-how as a senior reservoir geologist. I understood more and more about the global relevance of oil and gas.
In 2022, the company provided me with another opportunity, working in HQ in Paris. I was a senior geologist on the Discovered Resource Opportunities team working on the technical assessment of various merger and acquisition projects in Australia, South-East Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the USA.
The next step in my career journey was a transitional move after being a geologist for almost 18 years to become an economist. I moved back to Aberdeen in 2025 and I am currently an economist working in the Strategy and Business department. I’m responsible for completing the economic evaluation for various projects, the company’s year-end reserves and the long-term plan.
My career journey has always been about me having a pioneering spirit and being bold to take on new opportunities. Switching career paths from the technical geoscience world to the business and strategy world as an economist has been both quite challenging and rewarding thus far and I look forward to continuing to learn.
Why did you choose the energy industry?
Oil and gas have shaped the face of the world as we know it today. Hardly any product, from pharmaceuticals to houses, from tupperware to farm machines, not to mention global mobility, would exist without our industry. I cannot think about anything more important and interesting.
What is a particular career highlight when you look back at your time in the company?
A career highlight for me was my time working as the senior geologist on the Elgin and Glenelg fields in the UK Central North Sea. I was responsible for the follow-up of the reservoir section for three infill wells in the Elgin field as the asset geologist. It was a really rewarding experience because I could see the results, the relevance of my input, the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and the commercial output.
What is the best piece of career advice you’ve ever been given?
Be a learner. Be curious. Be open.