New Sales Manager for Oil and Gas Service Team

Henry Bob-Manuel has joined ABB’s Process Automation (UK) division in Aberdeen as Sales Manager for Oil and Gas Service. With this new job, he takes up account management responsibility for oil and gas services within the Process Automation division in Aberdeen. He will be working towards realising the strategic growth objectives of the Oil and Gas service team and also build lasting relationships with ABB’s increasing customer base in the UK oil and gas sector.

Henry comes to ABB having recently successfully completed an MBA with speciality in Oil and Gas Management at the Robert Gordon University. This was an endeavour he achieved by taking time off a career spanning 11 years. Added to his chemical engineering degree and industry experience in process engineering including upstream process diagnostics, nucleonic instrumentation and sand management, Henry comes with a good understanding of process issues that operators face as they look to reduce down time, improve recovery and optimise production from their assets. Henry will be helping new and existing customers take advantage of ABB Process Automation’s range of services which are designed to help operators obtain greater value for their oilfield investments by delivering better process control, safety and performance.

Until September 2008 when he commenced his MBA, Henry was previously Business Development Manager at AFTRAC Ltd, an oilfield services company and technical partner of Tracerco (formerly part of ICI, now a subsidiary of Johnson Matthey Plc). At AFTRAC, Henry was responsible for promoting growth of Tracerco’s range of process diagnostics services and sold to projects in the West African region. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) in the UK.

Oil and Gas Service Manager for the UK Cameron Fyffe said “ I am delighted that Henry has come on board. Our main aim is to support our installed base from inception to obsolescence and life extension and we need someone like Henry which will lead this with our customers”.