Mark Riksen

About Mark Riksen

Mark brings particular expertise in project development and delivery of financial investment decision across multi-party, government carried major capital projects across Africa, Mexico, USA, Australia, Russia, China and Papua New Guinea. With an extensive technical background in design and decommissioning of offshore structures and full value chain operations management, Mark leads and develops high-performing, cross-cultural teams.

Experience

1. Sr Principal Engineer - Upstream

   ExxonMobil

   Mar 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Subject matter expert for pre-gate 1 opportunitiy maturation for ExxonMobil\'s upstream portfolio (LNG, Conventional, Unconventional, Heavy Oil and DeepWater), who champions the use of \'Right Concept\' for Gate 1 management. Mark is an expert in workflows, tools and all aspects pre-gate 1 specific to the five Business line focus areas.

Education

• London Business School

  MBA, Finance & Strategy

  1999 — 2000

• Delft University of Technology

  MSc, Civil Engineering

  1988 — 1995

Skills

• Stakeholder Management
• Gas
• Petroleum
• International Business Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Emerging Markets
• Natural Gas
• Strategy
• Debt Restructuring
• Investment Portfolio
• Oil & Gas
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Pipelines
• Liquefied Natural Gas (Lng)
• Water
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Management
• Commercial Negotiation
• Energy Policy
• Structured Investments
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Upstream
• Corporate Finance
• Project Engineering
• Lng
• Negotiation
• Portfolio Optimization
• Engineering
• Project Finance
• Private Equity
• International Project Management