Mark Hood

I’m a commercially focused C-suite leader with a strategic and operational mindset and a 20+ year track record in the global energy sector, leading transformational growth across oil & gas, renewables, and the net zero transition. I’ve shaped and delivered strategy at board level for AIM-listed, JV, and FTSE-listed companies, repositioning portfolios, restoring investor confidence, and embedding operational discipline to drive measurable, long-term value.

What sets me apart is my ability to bring clarity from complexity, navigating uncertainty with a calm, structured approach that aligns people, plans, and performance. I lead with integrity, empathy, and accountability, backed by an MBA in Sustainability & Energy Transitions (distinction) and an MSc in Project Management. I’m also a strong advocate for embedding AI and decision intelligence into operations as a way to reduce noise, sharpen delivery, and future-proof organisations.

Across my career, I’ve led companies through crisis recovery, rapid growth, and full-scale repositioning.

Some of my proudest achievements include

• As CEO of Coro Energy PLC, I restructured Coro Energy into a clean energy platform: leading a £5m capital raise, £7.5m divestment, 30% opex reduction, and building a 200MW renewables portfolio across Vietnam and the Philippines.
• Restored production to 95% at BP Algeria post-In Amenas terrorist attack: embedded new security protocols with military support, safeguarding ~$100m annual income.
• Transformed performance at BP Sullom Voe, improving plan attainment from 50% to 80% and securing over $1bn in throughput revenue.
• Advised Pharos Energy’s board on ESG, governance, and operational readiness, identifying $20m+ in potential profitability through AI-supported transition planning.

Whether repositioning a listed company, leading high-stakes delivery, or advising boards on strategic transition, I focus on building resilient, commercially strong, and digitally enabled organisations where people thrive and performance sticks.

Let’s connect if you’re building something important, a business, a transition plan, or a new strategic direction, and want calm, credible leadership that delivers clarity from complexity.

Strategic and Commercial Leadership

• Led the reverse takeover of GEPL into Coro Energy PLC, securing a £5m capital raise and enabling the company’s pivot into Southeast Asian renewables, including a 200MW development pipeline.
• Delivered strategic transformation for a listed upstream operator, identifying more than £20m in profitability through integrated transition and operational planning.
• Implemented AI-enabled decision intelligence and reporting automation at Energy PTS, improving clarity, speed of insight and commercial discipline across client delivery.

Operational and Programme Delivery

• Restored 95% production at BP’s In Amenas gas facility following a major terrorist incident, safeguarding more than $100m annual revenue and rebuilding organisational and JV partner confidence.
• Transformed project and infrastructure delivery at BP’s Sullom Voe terminal, increasing plan attainment from approximately 50 percent to more than 90 percent and unlocking close to $1bn in annual throughput value.
• Delivered operational efficiency, cost reductions and performance assurance across multiple assets and organisations, including moving Coro Energy from loss-making to profitability.

Energy Transition, Sustainability and Systems Thinking

• Built and structured a renewable energy platform across Vietnam and the Philippines, including a 100 MW solar, 100 MW wind and 3 MW rooftop PPA portfolio, creating a financeable development pipeline from inception.
• Designed and embedded energy-transition, sustainability and operational-readiness strategies for listed and mid-cap operators, strengthening regulatory resilience and long-term value creation.
• MBA in Sustainability and Energy Transitions (Distinction), with expertise in corporate strategy, Economics, ESG and low-carbon frameworks.

Global, Stakeholder and Organisational Leadership

• Led culturally diverse teams across Europe, Africa and Asia, managing high-risk operations and large-scale JV environments with strong emotional intelligence and cross-cultural awareness.
• Built sustained investor and board confidence for listed companies, strengthening governance, supporting capital raises and delivering a £7.5m divestment to stabilise balance sheets.
• Trusted adviser to governments, regulators, partners and shareholders, skilled at aligning stakeholders behind practical, actionable plans in complex and high-pressure environments.

MBA Sustainability and Energy Transitions (Distinction) Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 2023 – 2024

MSc – Project Management Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 2007 – 2010

PMP Certification Project Management Institute (PMI) 2014 – 2029