Gordon Ballard takes the helm as executive director at the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) in the midst of arguably the worst downturn the sector has witnessed.
The tenure of his Danish predecessor, Michael Engell-Jensen, also began against a tough backdrop.
Engell-Jensen steered IOGP (formerly OGP) through work on oil spill response and containment following the Deepwater Horizon disaster, helping to defend the industry’s social licence to operate.
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