Meet the team developing Llŷr

Ambroise leads the global portfolio of offshore wind projects under development at SBM Offshore.   During his 13 years with SBM Offshore, Amboise has devoted his time to the development of the offshore renewable industry in various roles from material engineer to project manager, leveraging oil and gas know how and safety culture to deliver in a complex and dynamic environment.  Ambroise is passionate about leading the energy transition in a sustainable and socially empowering way, dedicating his efforts to reach the targets of the Paris Agreement.

Scott brings 20 years of wide-ranging experience from project development, finance and undertaking strategic projects in developing markets.  Over the last 10 years, Scott has been engaged in the offshore wind sector managing technology innovation and project development.

Severine leads renewables, gas and digital services at SBM Offshore and was appointed as Managing Director of New Energies and Services in January 2021. As a hydrodynamics engineer, she has managed breakthrough technology projects. Severine is a graduate of France’s SeaTech School of Engineering and has an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston.

Mikael founded CIERCO Corporation in 2001.  With 33 years experience in the wind sector Mikael has held senior management roles with some of the biggest and most progressive names in the business including Wind World, BTM, Enron, EDF/Aircole and 2B Energy. His first offshore turbine started turning in 1989 and since then he has built up an unrivalled knowledge of the wind energy sector from development to deeper technology understanding as well as operational experience.

Over the past 20 years, Olivier has delivered many large-scale energy infrastructure projects including France’s Provence Grande Large wind farm. During that time, he has developed a wealth of experience and developed all of the financial, M&A, controlling and reporting skills need to facilitate floating offshore wind development.

Jodie is an aeronautical engineer who transferred her skills to the renewable energy industry in 2011 on the back of her passion for the environment.  Jodie has since developed PEM fuel cell systems, implemented onshore wind farms, and for the past two years focused on the development of offshore floating wind power.  She brings experience in project management, DEVEX and CAPEX modelling and technical expertise on wind turbine generator and turbine supply agreement contract negotiations and construction activities.

Tess has over 20 years’ experience in the fields of stakeholder relations, communications and events.  Having delivered major international events on the world stage, she has for the last decade managed integrated consultation, communications, and public affairs programmes for nationally significant infrastructure projects.  An adaptive strategic thinker she has considerable experience working with government, business leaders, academics and the community when preparing programmes to ensure the long term legacies of new industries benefit those that live in the region where they are hosted.

Cian is Head of Development in the UK & Ireland for SBM Offshore, where he manages a portfolio of floating wind projects, including the Llŷr Project.  A leading innovator in renewables for 15 years, Cian has been at the forefront of emerging technology and development in the floating wind sector since its inception.   He first began working in renewables in 2008 and quickly moved exclusively to offshore wind.  In 2014 Cian joined the ORE Catapult where he began to focus on foundations and balance of plant.   Very quickly he moved into floating wind, leading the way in developing the technology road map for the UK and publishing the floating wind strategy roadmap which subsequently led to the establishment of the Floating Wind JIP (Joint Industry Project) between government and industry in 2015. Since then he has been working on the delivery of early commercial and commercial scale projects globally from both a floating platform and project development perspective.

Vicky is a professional project manager and is responsible for managing and delivering floating offshore wind projects at SBM Offshore. She has 20 years’ technical and strategic experience in delivering large-scale engineering design and construction projects. For the last decade, her skills and knowledge have been applied to steering flagship offshore renewable energy programmes. She has a deep working knowledge of the sector and has trusted relationships with leading developers, industry experts, supply chain partners and engineering consultants. She works collaboratively on multi-stakeholder projects and is skilled in bridging-the-gap between regulators, industry, academia, government and non-governmental participants.

Alex is a technology and supply chain expert with more than 18 years’ experience in the offshore and onshore renewable energy sectors, over a decade of which has been spent focussing on offshore wind supply chains.  Since 2005 Alex has been involved in the development, planning and construction of on and offshore wind projects across the world with a focus on Europe and the UK.  He has worked as both a project manager and project developer as well as representing industry leading tier 1 and tier 2 service and equipment suppliers in sales and business development functions.  Alex brings an in depth understanding of the renewable and specifically offshore wind supply chains.  He joined CIERCO in 2021 to explore exciting new opportunities to unlock supply chain innovations and value for fixed and floating wind projects.

Jay has a track record of supporting offshore wind farm projects across the UK from early concept through to operational phases.  Jay’s experience also includes work in tropical coral reefs and marine projects in California.   Jay brings expertise in offshore wind farm consenting, offshore environmental constraints analyses, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA); Habitat Regulations Assessments (HRA); stakeholder engagement strategy, coordination and implementation, commercial fisheries liaison, post consent compliance and consenting risk identification and avoidance strategy for offshore renewables.

A Welsh speaker with a proven track record in energy, Ioan began his career with British Coal in South Wales before being appointed as Head of Community Regeneration with BITC, Chief Executive of Young Enterprise Wales and Director of BTCV Cymru. Ioan was joined Tidal Lagoon Power as a Development Director in 2013 and was responsible for nurturing a supply chain in Wales. He successfully championed the independent Wales Tidal Industry Advisory Group before joining Keolis Amey as their Development Director in Wales responsible for senior stakeholder engagement and embedding the joint venture in Wales as the operators of Transport for Wales.

Lisa is a highly respected and experienced PR and Communications Director in Wales who began her career with national consultancy Golley Slater in 1994. She has since headed up a number of in-house communications teams and held Director roles with several Cardiff-based PR agencies, but she is arguably best known for her work on Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, a major infrastructure project (NSIP) and the proposed Global Centre of Rail Excellence in Wales.

Sara has a varied and diverse background working across the private, public and voluntary sectors for almost 20 years. She has eight years’ experience working for UK wide retailers, advising them on their engagement activity in Wales and helping them develop their business approach. She was previously Deputy Leader at Monmouthshire Council, and championed issues around diversity and social justice, focusing on building community connections across the county.  As a former head of Grayling Wales, Sara has extensive experience in working for clients to build their objectives and presence in Wales.

David is a Chartered Structural Engineer and brings some 30 years’ experience with unique offshore experience from decades of design, delivery and management of complex projects in a multi-discipline and multi-locational environment delivering cost effective design solutions.  David has 10 years of engineering experience in offshore wind projects from concept through FEED, detailed design, manufacturing fabrication to installation and operation, lately with focus on the floating wind sector.  As Director of Engineering David leads a highly qualified and experienced team of multi discipline engineers. His remit covers the entire project life cycle.

Gemma is an EIA specialist with experience managing the consenting process for a wide range of renewable energy schemes involving large, multi-disciplinary teams.   She has worked on both offshore and onshore projects throughout the UK from site selection through to EIA and application and on to post consent compliance which has given her a wider understanding of processes and topics in detail.

Olivier has held senior executive positions in the wind energy industry since 2005. He started his career in the project management division at Nordex, one of the world leading wind turbine manufacturers. In 2010, he was appointed Head of Operation at EuroCape New Energy (independent power producer) and has been responsible for the construction and the operation of wind projects in Central and East Europe. From 2019 to 2022, as Executive Project Director, he managed the construction of the utility scale 400 MW wind project of Dumat Al Jandal, in Saudi Arabia. He joined SBM Offshore in 2022 to support the development of the Llŷr floating wind project.

Emilia is civil and structural engineer with 15 years of experience in the offshore renewable and marine energy sector. During her career she has managed FEED, detail design and all execution phases for fixed bottom offshore wind structures on key large scale commercial projects in the UK. She has ‘hands on’ experience acquired from working onboard installation vessels, fabrication yards and enhanced with O&M offshore inspections.   At Floventis, Emilia is responsible for managing EPCI contractors for floating wind projects, focusing on technical feasibility and delivery, whilst overseeing complete project design verification by independent verification bodies.

Nick is an English qualified lawyer who provides day-to-day legal support to the Llŷr project. He began his career working in private practice in London, later transitioning to an in-house role with SBM, supporting the FPSO Operations business. Nick now focuses on providing legal support to a number of floating offshore wind projects currently under development.

A Chartered Environmentalist and full member of IEMA, Marc holds a BSc (hons) in Environmental Science, M.Sc. in Environmental Management. Responsible for the identification and development of innovative floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea and US West Coast, Marc has extensive experience in taking marine energy projects through site identification, development, construction and operational compliance.

Miriam is an accomplished analyst with eight years’ experience in the energy sector across oil and gas, wave and tidal and offshore wind.  With an asset management background and in-depth knowledge of offshore renewables cost modelling, Miriam also has a demonstrated track record of thought leadership and authoring key reports during her time at ORE Catapult.  Miriam is responsible for the development of high quality business cases for Floventis’ offshore wind projects.

Julien focusses on designing the technical solutions for floating offshore wind projects at SBM. He is responsible for liaising with the development team to ensure that all technical elements of the project are correct and acting as an interface between the technical team and the development team. Julien has a background in naval architecture and hydrodynamics and has more than 20 years of experience at delivering engineering expertise around floating solutions for the oil and gas and renewable industries.

Sonia manages the Planning activities for SBM’s Floating Wind Projects. She is responsible for developing the schedule and monitors the timely completion and progress of the Project by being the connector between all of the development team. Sonia has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas Industry. As a Quality Lead Auditor for 10 years, she has developed schedules for FPSOs, Turrets and Buoys.

David manages the procurement activities for SBM’s development phase floating wind projects. He is the interface between the development team and vendors to guarantee a fair competition between bidders and demonstrate best value for money to the project. David also supports the qualification of vendors to maximise local content. David has over 10 years of experience in procurement spread throughout multiple industries which gives him a good understanding on the challenges faced when developing specific projects.

Anish brings extensive technical engineering knowledge to Floventis, having a background in turbine/substructure modelling and tower/foundation designs.  Anish has also developed independently certified new methodologies and models for the design of jacket structures.

Soraya is an experienced administrator accomplished in bringing co-ordination and structure to projects.   Her international work experience brings a diverse skill set to the Floventis team.  Her superb organisation skills combined with an excellent ability to bring people together ensure our projects run seamlessly.