Midland Valley - Directors

Alan has worked as an academic, senior specialist in a state company and is founder and director of Midland Valley. He is responsible for a number of seminal publications in the application of structural geology to oil and gas exploration and production. Over the last 20 years he has been involved in projects globally in several cases seeing projects through several technical and commercial cycles.

As a decision maker he has steered technical and commercial development of an international technical group and in managing change.

Helen Paget - Director

Helen joined Midland Valley in 1997 after graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics for Business Analysis. Since then she has gone on to gain her MBA to allow her to further her contribution to Midland Valley. Her role now takes in all aspects of finance, administration, systems and support.

Dr Roddy Muir - Director

Roddy joined MVE in 2006 after seven years with Fugro Robertson Ltd in North Wales, where he was responsible for managing the Geophysics and Structural Geology Group and the Petroleum Training Centre. Before joining Robertson's as a structural geologist, he worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Roddy has a strong background in structural geology, with particular emphasis on the influence of basement structure on basin architecture.

In addition, he is an experienced petroleum geologist, having worked on numerous prospect evaluation studies ranging in scale from global deep water basins to detailed licence block and field reviews.

Roddy's primary role at Midland Valley is to help develop new business, and to oversee the successful delivery of technical studies to clients. Roddy enjoys spending time with his family at home, in the hills or on the water.