Dave Thompson joined px Group as Chief Operating Office in January 2024 from Sembcorp Energy, where he was UK Operations Director, leading substantial teams and safely running large scale assets in highly regulated, high hazard environments such as petrochemical, energy and industrial parks.
With a BEng in Instrumentation & Control and a MBA in Global Business Management, Dave has 25 years’ experience in the petroleum, chemical and power utilities industries.
Dave is responsible for development of the asset management teams to meet the businesses growth strategy and the safe, efficient and reliable operation of the sites it owns, such as Saltend Chemicals Park, and the assets it runs on behalf of owners, such as St Fergus Gas Plant and the Teesside Gas Processing Plant.
Dave’s broad expertise of local and international projects, such as those in Hydrogen, energy from waste, and long-term energy storage will help px Group to continue to support its clients’ and its own decarbonisation ambitions.
Dave also has experience in the Middle East as board director at Emirates Sembcorp Power and Water PJSC and Sembcorp Salalah O&M Services LLP, both large scale CCGT with desalination plants in the UAE and Oman.
