Advisory Board
Peter Kütemann
Peter Kütemann is the Founder and President of Dietsmann, the leading independent industrial Operation & Maintenance and Maintenance Engineering & Inspection specialist for continuous-production plant, with over 40 years of accumulated know-how of plant and equipment. Dietsmann’s success has been the result its founder’s pioneering approach and business focus. Mr. Kütemann is an active member of the international oil industry community and an honorary member of the Mining Association related to the Department of Geoscience & Engineering of Delft University of Technology.
Richard Smith
Richard Smith is Vice President Finance of Magna Steyr, the worldwide leading brand-independent engineering and complete vehicle manufacturing partner for OEMs. Canadian-based parent company Magna is a USD 40 billion global automotive supplier with over 168,000 employees and 347 manufacturing operations and 94 product development, engineering and sales centers in 27 countries. Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Toronto with a master’s degree in business administration and a juris doctor degree in 2001. He also holds a bachelor of commerce degree (specialization accounting) from the University of Ottawa.
Nicolas Brunet
Nicolas Brunet has 40 years of operational experience in producing oil and gas in various countries. He was operation manager in Ecuador and in Nigeria and was within Total, the VP Field Operation for all producing fields within Total Group.
He was also the Deputy Managing Director of Total Nigeria. His last assignment in Total Group was SVP HSE Exploration & Production and part of the board of E&P.
He has a master degree in civil Engineering (ESTP), one from the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP-ENSPM) and a MBA (CPA). He is married and has 2 children.
