Ellis assumed the role of President of Operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Wood in 2022, following three years as Senior Vice President of the company’s upstream business in UK and Europe. Based in the UAE, Ellis leads a team of more than 7,000, supporting operations, decarbonisation and asset optimisation across the region.

A chartered engineer with more than 20 years of experience, Ellis has held several senior leadership roles within the oil and gas industry, including eight years with Aker Solutions as Operations Manager. Latterly, in his three years with CNOOC International as Senior Project Manager, he supported the subsea development for the largest oil discovery in the UK North Sea of the past two decades.

Committed to propelling growth safely and sustainably across EMEA, Ellis is focused on delivering exceptional results through the development and deployment of integrated and smart operations solutions across a broad range of end-markets, including oil, gas, new energies, life sciences, and the circular economy.