"Everything about PSN excites me. The biggest challenge I face in my job is creating the right environment to grow a strong dynamic team. It all comes down to people and I enjoy working with the best in the business. I’m passionate about health and safety. It's not about legal or contractual compliance or being politically correct, it's a simple moral stance - nobody should get hurt working for PSN.
 
I have worked in the oil and gas industry in topsides and subsurface production management with large blue-chip operators and various contracting organisations. I lead a global executive team of nine. We are a hands-on team that cares passionately about the business, about the people in the business and the customers we serve."
 
Bob has a Master of Engineering degree from Heriot-Watt University and is a chartered engineer. He has been chairman of the UK Offshore Contracting Association (OCA) and is currently chairman of the cross-industry trade body Oil and Gas UK.

He was a member of the UK cross-industry Step Change in Safety Leadership Team and is an active member and former chairman of the Aberdeen & District Round Table. After leading the management buy-out in 2006, creating PSN, Bob was named Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 at the Entrepreneurial Exchange Awards ceremony in Glasgow. He was also named Insider Elite KPMG Businessman of the Year 2007.

He has since been named Scotland Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 by Ernst & Young, UK Business Services Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 and Grampian Industrialist of the Year by the Aberdeen branch of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and has received an honorary doctorate from the Robert Gordon University.