Speaker Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham is currently the Technical Director of the energy industry consulting firm Gaffney, Cline & Associates. He has 40 years of experience in the petroleum industry, and has held a variety of executive roles.
Alan holds bachelor’s degrees in Geology and Political Science from the University of Texas and a …
Alan Cunningham is currently the Technical Director of the energy industry consulting firm Gaffney, Cline & Associates. He has 40 years of experience in the petroleum industry, and has held a variety of executive roles.
Alan holds bachelor’s degrees in Geology and Political Science from the University of Texas and a law degree from the South Texas College of Law. He began his career in geophysics prior to joining Union Texas Petroleum in 1981 to work in negotiations. He directed negotiations for international projects, joint-venture operations, and product sales before moving into senior executive s roles for Union Texas Petroleum, in Jakarta and then at their Houston home office.
In 1998, he became the President of Entegrity Ventures International, and from 2002 to 2008 he served as the President and CEO of Swift Energy in New Zealand. Prior to joining Gaffney, Cline & Associates in 2013, he worked for the World Bank, providing the governments of Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, and Nigeria, among others, with energy policy advice.
In his current role, Alan leverages his vast industry experience to advise clients on fiscal policy matters, licensing rounds, field development planning, reservoir performance analysis, and settlement of legal and arbitration disputes through expert witness reports and testimony.
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