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Ben Cannell

Business Development and Innovation Director

Ben is the Business Development and Innovation Director at Aquaterra Energy. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Management Institute (CMgr FCMI) and holds a BSc First Class Honours Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Lincoln.

Ben is responsible for the next evolution of our riser, subsea and conductor related services, as well as energy transition services and product lines. He has led the development and launch of many riser/subsea related products to date, such as our 15k PSI AQC-SR and CW connectors, legacy well re-entry and abandonment and digitalisation of existing and new services.

A Chartered Fellow of the Management Institute (CMgr FCMI), holding a BSc First Class Honours Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Lincoln. Ben began his offshore career with Schlumberger E Line in 2002 holding various positions throughout that time, from multiline memory production and cement bond logging, to perforating, well control and open hole logging. He left Schlumberger in 2008 to join Aquaterra Energy as a Project Engineer, delivering riser systems and associated equipment for subsea drilling and completion programmes. I have successfully progressed through the business to the position I hold today.