Perspectives

Twenty-one-year-old Kai Henderson originally started as our digital marketer and has since moved into a junior risk consultant role and also novice coffee drinker.  Alongside his work at Marex, he is studying for a graduate apprenticeship in data science.

March was really not my typical month.

I had the opportunity to travel to Qatar and then onwards to Australia to get an understanding of the global nature of our business.

In Qatar I met existing and potential clients, which was good to do face-to-face and understand the Qatari market.

This was a good exercise for me to compare the UK and Qatar oil and gas market. Qatar is still producing a lot of oil and gas and with renewables now coming onto the energy agenda.

But I then travelled to Perth in Australia. I attended the AOG conference, which is an annual oil, gas and energy conference based in Perth but being held for the first time in three years following the pandemic.

This was also a great experience for me. I listened many people present on the landscape of the Australian energy sector. The entire objective of my time in Perth was to understand the market potential. Like Qatar, there is the potential for Marex to grow the business further in Australia.

Development and production continues and there is a clear focus on decommissioning with NOPSEMA drawing a line in sand. National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is Australia's independent expert regulator for health and safety, structural (well) integrity and environmental management.