Chris leads Wood Mackenzie’s Downstream Consulting EMEA team and is based in London. Chris has over 20 years experience withing within the downstream sector. Since joining Wood Mackenzie Chris has led a range of projects covering the refining, renewable fuels, petrochemicals, fuels retail, and storage sectors. This has included buy and sell side due diligence / transaction support, government advisory, strategy development, feedstock and product market analysis, greenfield development studies, decarbonisation, and competitiveness and opportunity screening Chris has worked with a broad range of clients including oil majors, NOC’s, financial institutions, EPCs, independent operators, and government ministries predominantly focusing on Europe, Africa, and the Middle East Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie Chris gained experience within the downstream industry, working for BP and Petroplus at the Coryton Refinery in the UK. During this time Chris worked in the process engineering team holding a range of technical, operational, and project development roles. He also worked in the commercial planning team providing commercial co-ordination between trading, marketing, and operations teams Chris holds a First Class honours degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath and is a chartered member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.