Sam Laidlaw
Neptune Energy
Chairman
Sam Laidlaw, Chairman Neptune Energy Group. He is an experienced energy industry executive, with an international operational track record of over thirty years in the oil and gas sector. Most recently, Sam was CEO of Centrica plc (2006 to 2014). Centrica is a FTSE 100 integrated energy company engaged in sourcing, producing, trading and supplying energy and a range of related services, with annual revenues of over £29Bn. Centrica’s activities include the production of 210,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Prior to joining Centrica, Sam was EVP of Global Business Development of Chevron Corporation (2003 to 2006), CEO of Enterprise Oil and he built the International Exploration and Production business of U.S. oil company Amerada Hess (1981-2001), before becoming Group President and COO (1995-2001). Sam is a Non-executive Director of Rio Tinto plc and Chairman of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB). Previously Sam has also been a member of UK Government’s Energy Advisory Panel, President of the UK Offshore Operators Association, a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group, the Senior Director for the Department of Transport and a Non-Executive Director of both HSBC Holdings Plc and Hanson Plc.