Ex BG exec new TAP boss

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has confirmed the appointment of Ian Bradshaw as its new Managing Director starting on February 1, 2015 in Baar, Switzerland. 

Kjetil Tungland will return to Norway after having headed the joint venture project for over four and half years and having completed his Statoil secondment with TAP. According to TAP, Kjetil joined TAP in April 2010 and took the project to selection in June 2013.

Bradshaw joins TAP from the BG Group where he has worked since 2005 in various senior executive positions. His most recent position was Senior Vice President for Capital Projects, overseeing the delivery of the Group’s global project portfolio.

Prior to this, Bradshaw was Senior Vice President for BG in Australia, playing a leading role in taking the QCLNG mega-project to the BG Board for final investment decision.

“I am delighted that we have hired Ian to lead the TAP project into its next and important phase as we prepare for pipeline construction, beginning in 2016.”

Bradshaw’s career spans thirty four years of technical and commercial experience in the global oil and gas industry in both project and corporate roles. After reading Engineering Science at Durham University, he spent fifteen years in a number of technical and project management positions with Shell, based in the UK, Netherlands, Malaysia and Norway. During his time at Shell, Bradshaw’s responsibilities included working for Shell’s commercial portfolio in the UK North Sea as Senior Business Development Manager, responsible for delivering the 10-party SEAL pipeline agreements.

Following this, Bradshaw broadened his commercial experience in the downstream, where he became Supply, Operations and Trading Manager for Shell Gas Direct (UK Gas & Power Marketing & Trading Company) which became part of Shell Energy Europe.

In 2008 Bradshaw completed the Senior Executive Programme at Columbia University in New York and is a fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Andy Lane, Chairman of TAP’s Board of Directors said: “I am delighted that we have hired Ian to lead the TAP project into its next and important phase as we prepare for pipeline construction, beginning in 2016. Ian has a wealth of oil and gas project experience that will be a great asset in taking the project forward to completion.

“I would also like to take this opportunity on behalf of the entire TAP board to express our great thanks to Kjetil, for his determination, dedication and above all his strong and committed leadership to drive TAP to extraordinary success resulting in the selection of TAP in June 2013 as the preferred European export pipeline to transport Shah Deniz II gas to Europe.”