Oil & Gas UK chief executive Malcolm Webb retiring

The chief executive of Oil & Gas UK is retiring from his high-profile post.

The date of Malcolm Webb’s departure will be agreed to tie-in with the appointment of his successor, who is now being sought.

Mr Webb joined Oil & Gas UK in February 2004 when it was known as UKOOA, the UK Offshore Operators’ Association.

He has led the organisation through major change to make it the leading trade association open to all companies working in the UK offshore oil and gas industry, with a membership of almost 500 companies.

He said: “It is the right time for me to pass the baton on. The industry and its trade association have a great future and need a new CEO to help them realise that future over the coming years.”

Mr Webb previously spent three years as director general of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, representing the UK oil refining and marketing sector, and had senior roles at the British National Oil Corporation, Charterhouse Petroleum and PetroFina.

He is a member of the DECC / Oil Industry forum Pilot, the Scottish Government’s Energy Advisory Board, the UK Treasury’s Oil Industry Fiscal Forum, and the UK Oil & Gas Industry Council.