Introducing our Leadership Team
An organisation is only as good as its people!
Grant Wallace
Chairman
Grant started Enhancing Excellence off the back of years of experience delivering both technical training and human factors competencies in the oil and gas industry. His unique perspective on targeting operational excellence through developing people has set the precedent for a lot of our training material. Grant's boundless enthusiasm, relentless pursuit of operational safety and infectious optimism have made Enhancing Excellence the powerhouse that it is today.
Chris Stirling
Managing Director
Chris brings over 20 years experience in Human Factors and Crew Resource Management training. He started work in the railway industry in operations and train crew management. Having transitioned across to aviation, he has now been an airline captain with a major UK carrier for over 8 years. Enhancing Excellence allows him to pour years of aviation and railway industry training experience into our new course material and bring Human and Operational Performance to new pastures.
Susie Keely
Business Manager
Susie is the heart and soul of Enhancing Excellence, ensuring everything we do has purpose and adds value. In charge of everything from compliance to marketing and sales, she is passionate about making new connections and assisting clients in finding solutions to their human performance challenges. With many years exposure to human and operational performance training in the oil and gas industry Susie brings added HF credibility to our team, along with bucketloads of positivty!
Scott Egner
Head of Operations,
Consultant, Trainer and Performance Coach
Following a successful career in software engineering, Scott embarked on a 20 year career in aviation working as cabin crew, flight crew and delivering human factors training. Having worked in both corporate and airline environments, he brings a breadth of experience including ten years as a captain with a major UK carrier, and he is also a qualified mental health first-aider.
Phil Underwood
Consultant, Trainer and Performance Coach
Phil complements the EE team with years of experience in the Royal Marines as well as the maritime, & oil & gas sectors. Having commenced as a commercial diver, progressed to dive ship management he's had considerable exposure to operations, logistics & leadership roles; Phil's maritime expertise adds an extra dimension to our offering. He's spent time as a Coastguard Rescue Officer and has managed situations of high stress in hostile environments.
Vincent O'Donnell
Consultant, Trainer and Performance Coach
Vincent began his career in aeronautical engineering before spending over three decades in the fire service, excelling in leadership roles with training, operations & safety responsibilities. His background includes urban search & rescue, managing dynamic risk in highly complex hazardous environments. He adopts a proactive approach to health & safety. With people at the heart of his focus, his experience & commitment drive his enthusiasm for excellence.
Darren Mourre
Business Development USA and Canada
Darren has over 30 years of international and domestic experience and has held many Sr roles across the globe.
Darren holds a Petroleum Engineering degree from the University of Wyoming and also sits on their Advisory Board and a number of IADC committees.
He has worked and been in over 30 different countries on 4 different continents and brings a wealth of knowledge to our organisation.
Murray Cousins
Business Development Mexico
With over 30 years in the oil and gas industry, Murray has garnered extensive experience with conventional and 5th generation Semi-submersibles, Jack-Ups, Platforms, and 6th generation Drillships. Starting his career as a Roustabout and progressing to Assistant Driller, he transitioned into Subsea roles, becoming a Senior Subsea Engineer and Subsea Project Engineer. He also brings marketing and sales experience along with local knowledge to help grow the business