Ryan McPherson

Director, Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS EICUK Middle East (Branch)

Ryan McPherson is the Regional Director (Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS) for EIC (Energy Industries Council), the UKs largest energy trade association whose key role is to help its members maximise commercial opportunities worldwide in the energy sector. 
Leading the team at EIC since 2019, Ryan has been based in the region since 2011 and has extensive experience of working across the GCC.

He is a long-standing judge on the ADIPEC Awards Technical Committee and member of the UAE UK Business Council Energy & Sustainability Working Group. He was the recipient of the Rising Star Award at the 2010 Scottish Offshore Achievement Awards and a founding member of the Oil and Gas UK ‘Next Generation’ Task Force, and has presented across the globe at Offshore Europe, ADIPEC, SPE Applied Technology Workshops and the Produced Water Society. 
Prior to joining EIC, Ryan worked for ProSep where he led the company’s Middle East operations as General Manager, integrating the company’s tools and solutions into many of the regions national oil and gas companies. Ryan was also the Middle East & APAC Regional Director for the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), a membership organisation which supports oil and gas product and service companies bringing new technologies to market, launching their GCC cluster. 
Ryan holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Management and a MBA in Oil and Gas Management.

He lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and youngest daughter.