Who We Are

Richard Selwa: Founder and Chairman

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Richard has 20 years oil and gas experience. He is a serial entrepreneur who has started, built and successfully sold companies. Over the years Richard has raised over £30m from institutions and lenders.

Richard is currently Chairman and CEO of R&A Energy and Chairman and Founder of Unmanned Production Buoy (UPB) Limited. Richard previously founded the Oil and Gas conglomerate Vienco Group Ltd which included Altra Energy Limited, Vienco Hydrocarbons Limited, Oilflow Solutions Limited (co-founder in JV).

Richard has also founded and chaired various industry bodies: OCA SME Group, IChemE Aberdeen Branch and LOGIC. He was also instrumental in founding Aberdeen University's Chemical Engineering School and UK Norway Advisory Group.

Richard's first degree was in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bradford. He obtained an MBA from the Robert Gordon University / Aberdeen University in 1995.