Harvey Nash to wine and dine energy chiefs
THE ENERGY industry’s top City slickers (pun intended) are set to meet for an evening of food and fine conversation at the Harvey Nash annual Oil & Gas dinner in The Dorchester’s Orchid Room tonight.
Centrica’s outgoing boss Sam Laidlaw is the evening’s guest speaker and no doubt he’ll be looking forward to meeting old boating friend Tony Hayward. The ex-BP boss and Laidlaw were once co-owners of “Bob”, the Farr 52 yacht which Hayward was controversially photographed sailing on during the Gulf oil spill.
Tony Hayward, who is running Genel Energy these days, will presumably also have a lot to chat to former colleague Brian Gilvary about. Now BP’s chief financial officer, Gilvary is a BP-lifer, having joined in 1986 – so perhaps a chance to reminisce?
Tony’s not the only T Hayward in the village though. Toby Hayward, the interim-chief of embattled Afren will also be at the dinner.
Surely one of the most important conversations of the night though, will be about Sam Laidlaw’s next move. Between recruiter Harvey Nash and a room full of energy company representatives, he’ll surely find a worthy new desk.
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