Workshop Facilitator Profile
The course facilitator is an internationally renowned expert on Corrosion especially Cathodic Protection(CP) gained over a professional career spanning more than 40 years. He is Chairman of the Cathodic Protection Working Party (WP 16) of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC), Chairman of both the ‘Cathodic Protection & Associated Coatings’ Committee as well as the ‘Corrosion in the Oil & Gas Industries’ Committee of CEFRACOR (French Society for Corrosion Prevention)
Additionally, he is a Certified Level 3 (Expert) in cathodic protection for land and marine application sectors with AFNOR (French Standardization Body) Compétence scheme. Furthermore, he is a Technical Auditor in Cathodic Protection for COFRAC (French Accreditation Body).
He is an Examiner for certification examinations in Cathodic Protection by CEFRACOR and CFPC (a branch of CEFRACOR operating the certification scheme in CP) on behalf of AFNOR Certification for all levels (1, 2 and 3) and a professional Instructor in Corrosion and Cathodic Protection for TPA (French Association for delivering courses in Universities - providing industry leading training and education ), IFP (French Institute of Petroleum) Training and Institut de la Corrosion (subsidiary of KIMAB, Sweden).
He is actively involved as member of the Standardisation Working Groups for CP, for example CEN TC219; (Working Group) WG1 for Buried applications WG3 for Seawater applications, WG4 for Internal Apparatuses; Convenor of (Working Group) WG5 for Competence and Certification, ISO TC67 SC2 WG11 for Pipelines
Throughout his professional career the facilitator has held numerous key positions in Corrosion management. Most recently, he has held the position of Corrosion Expert at the Technology Division of the Exploration & Production branch of TOTAL. Prior to that, he has held functional roles such as Head of Corrosion Department in the Technology Division of the Exploration & Production and Head of Inspection-Corrosion Treatments Department.
Additionally, he is author or co-author of about 80 papers presented at International levels in countries such as the U.A.E, U.S, U.K, China, Russia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Brazil and Greece. Most recent papers have been presented at NACE Conferences, European Corrosion Congress (EUROCORR), SPE (Society for Petroleum Engineers) Conferences and were dealing with onshore and offshore CP and coatings as well as more general corrosion topics mainly related to pipelines.
The course facilitator has vast experience in managing all aspects of cathodic protection(CP) including the design, selection, installation, monitoring, maintenance and replacement/repair of these systems. Being a practitioner, researcher, instructor and examiner means that he possesses the necessary skills and knowledge required of such a course, making him ideally suited to be the professional trainer for this Advanced CP workshop.
Key benefits for attending this event
- MONITOR and MAINTAIN the level of corrosion protection to ensure excellent condition of current infrastructure and to safeguard new structure
- DISCOVER how to assess effectiveness of CP systems already in place and IMPROVE current systems with proven measures
- IDENTIFY weaknesses inherent in any corrosion management system
- UNDERSTAND how to design CP Systems that effectively matches protection requirements, are cost-efficient and maximizes ROI especially in recessionary times
- REALIZE situations where the effectiveness of CP will be limited and how to overcome them.
- EVALUATE different CP systems, and be able to select the best product
- ENSURE smooth operation of your CP systems in the long run
- RECOGNISE the dangers and costs of improper CP to infrastructure
- REVIEW International Standards and developments in Standardization
- BENCHMARK against Best Practices and examples for further improvements
- BENEFIT from a range of workshop exercises, group discussions and case studies
Who Should Attend
Heads, Senior Managers, Managers, Engineers of
| Corrosion | Maintenance | Inspection | Asset Integrity | Project Teams | Consultants | Risk Management |And those with responsibilities in general corrosion management |
