Neil has worked as a geoscientist for BHP Petroleum for over 24 years. Over the years he has worked across BHP’s global portfolio leading exploration programs and drilling over 50 exploratory wells. He has held several managerial positions including the Head of S.E. Asia Exploration and more recently the Head of Gulf of Mexico Exploration based in Houston. More recently, ahead of the proposed merger of BHP Petroleum and Woodside, he has decided to stay with BHP as the new Head of North America Metals Exploration based in Arizona. Neil is passionate about promoting the important role geoscience plays in the stewardship of the planet and its people and has spent the last two years participating on the UNESCO IGCP project talking to many prominent thought leaders about the future of geoscience.