Knowledge Reservoir declared the appointment of James Thomas to the position of Vice-President Global Resourcing.

Thomas is a veteran staffing and business development professional with over thirty years in the International Oil and Gas projects and operations sectors. He has extensive experience in recruiting and building project teams, and in international staff management on major oil and gas developments both onshore and offshore. He will be based in London and lead the global technical resourcing team at Knowledge Reservoir, comprising engineering and geosciences recruiting staff located in Houston, London, Oman, UAE and Kuala Lumpur.

In 2010 Thomas developed and launched an online portal encompassing a global consultant network and underlying database. Prior to this, he was Managing Director at OilExec International Group, which he co-founded, in 2002 launching OilExec.com, which grew into one of the most successful oil and gas recruiting portals. His work experience has included assignments with Saudi Aramco, Total, Occidental and PetroCosm, in Houston and the Middle East Gulf, as well as with major players in the oil and gas construction and subsea sectors in the North Sea.

Thomas holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from Robert Gordon’s Institute in Aberdeen and a MBA in Human Resources and Marketing from Aberdeen University.

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