Dr. Priya Marajh has extensive experience in both corporate and academia in the fields of energy, international business development, International Relations, research, policy development, advocacy, diplomacy, local content development, and international law. She has also worked on developing social and economic development policies and initiatives within the energy sector both locally and regionally. Her International Relations experience is broad and in depth, having lectured various International Relations courses at the University of the West Indies.

Dr. Marajh is adept at corporate communications since she is currently responsible for all outgoing communications from the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago. She is also a writer and the editor of the EnergyNow newspaper, it is the only newspaper locally that is focused on energy sector news. Dr. Marajh also has experience in working closely with international development agencies such as the Inter-American Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme.

Dr. Marajh will give the Feature Presentation at KSPTL’s event: “The Future of Oil and Gas, and Your Career Choices.”

Melissa Mohammed is presently the Manager – Academic Operations at the Kenson School of Production Technology Limited. Her career started as a technician at the age of seventeen and over her twenty years plus she has made many strides through the petrochemical and oil and gas industries. Her ten years spent at Weldfab Limited were in the areas of construction, design, estimating and project management. She later joined bpTT and subsequently became the first female process technician at the bpTT Galeota Point Terminal Facility.

During her tenure at bpTT she again transitioned through many roles with increasing responsibilities, she worked as the Area Authority for the New Oil Export Line Project and was seconded to the Control of Work team thereafter.

Ms. Mohammed joined the Kenson School of Production Technology as an instructor specifically for the lecturing of a foreign delegation of Ugandan students however, her range of competencies led to her appointment as Team Lead for Research and Curriculum Development for the qualifications in the International Vocational Qualifications (IVQ) Advanced Diploma in Oil and Gas in November 2012.

Her prior experience gained during the construction, commissioning and operations of various petrochemical facilities within the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and at bpTT attributes to her vast knowledge of the ever changing and improvement of the safety culture that existed before the introduction of the STOW System.

This coupled with her areas of expertise which include Mechanical Maintenance; Electrical Maintenance; Process Operations; Control of Work and Safe Systems of Work and a strong desire toward the advancement of the Kenson School of Production Technology elevated her to the position of Manager, Academic Operations.

Ms Mohammed was approved as an Instructor for the Rig Pass programme of the International Association of Drilling Contractors in October 2013. Further she has been admitted to the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) as an Associate Member on 19th June 2014 and was also approved for membership with the Energy Institute in August 2014. She is the City & Guilds Medals for Excellence 2015 Gold Medal International winner for the category of Learner of the year.

Melissa will present at KSPTL’s event: “The Future of Oil and Gas, and Your Career Choices.”