Roy Franklin
Roy Franklin OBE is Chairman of Premier Oil, Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of Statoil ASA, , and a board member of Wood Group (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler PLC). He is the former Chairman of Keller Group PLC, a former member of the Supervisory Board of OMV AG, and former board member of Santos.
A geologist by training, Roy has over 44 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He spent 18 years in various exploration and management positions with BP, before leaving to join Clyde Petroleum PLC, where he became Group Managing Director in 1994. He subsequently became CEO of Paladin Resources PLC, a position he held until the company’s sale to Talisman in 2006. Since then he has held various non-executive directorships in resource-related international companies.
Roy graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc in geology. He was awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to the oil and gas industry, and is a former Chairman of BRINDEX, the industry body that represents UK exploration and production companies.
Roy is Chairman of Cuadrilla and Energean Israel.