Malcolm Webb
Chief Executive, Oil & Gas UK

Malcolm Webb is the Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK.  A graduate of Liverpool University and a lawyer by profession, he has extensive senior management experience in both the upstream and downstream oil industry, gained in the UK and abroad.

Malcolm began his oil industry career with Burmah Oil in 1974, and went on to work in a series of senior roles for the British National Oil Corporation, Charterhouse Petroleum Plc and PetroFina SA.

Prior to joining Oil & Gas UK (then called UKOOA) in February 2004, Malcolm spent three years as Director General of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, representing the UK oil refining and marketing sector. Since joining Oil & Gas UK he has led the organisation through two major change programmes to enable it to become the leading trade association for the UK offshore oil and gas industry.

Malcolm Webb is a member of PILOT, the Government / Industry forum which aims to secure the long-term future of the UK upstream oil and gas industry.  He is also a director of OPITO (the UK oil and gas industry skills academy) and chairman of Common Data Access Limited (the UK industry body which facilitates access to UK geo-technical data). He divides his time mainly between London and Aberdeen.