Nirvasen has over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, and lived and worked in South America, China, Southern Africa, the Middle East, Russia, India and the United Kingdom. He has a high level of technical and commercial expertise across the hydrocarbon value chain from upstream subsurface characterisation, production and CO2 storage to downstream technical refinery and petrochemical engineering design, operation and product marketing. He has an MBA, a Master’s in Petroleum Geophysics and degrees in Engineering Management and Chemical Engineering.