Charles holds an Honours degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Adelaide (Australia), retains professional Chartered status with the Institution of Chemical Engineers and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council.  He also holds ACII and MCILA accreditation, along with an MBA through Curtin University (Australia).
Charles has 13 years’ process engineering experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, spanning all phases of project development, along with operations, for both onshore and offshore upstream developments including Gas to Liquids (GTL) and LNG production.  This included time spent in London working for Genesis, and 7 years in Norway in support of a world-scale offshore field redevelopment project. 
Charles joined Braemar (now SteegeXP) in Singapore in 2014 and has managed a variety of complex Energy, Petrochem and Power claims in the APAC, MENA and Americas regions, including business interruption considerations, on behalf of reinsurers.  Charles moved to Houston, USA, in January 2020, assuming the role of Managing Director for the Americas.