Dr Sue Paterson is an oil and gas professional with over 30 years’ UK and international experience. She worked for Shell International in exploration, new business development and JV management, as well as talent management, leadership development, learning and recruitment. She has led teams in-country and across continents. In 2010 she set up her own oil and gas consultancy, and in 2012 became the Director of an international management consultancy. She is a qualified IOD Chartered Director, and has board experience in the oil, public and voluntary sectors. Sue divides her time between Aberdeen and Amsterdam, where her husband Steve is currently working. Sue and Steve have two sons, Dan and Eddie.