About Dave...

Born 1965 in Kilmarnock, Dave moved to Aberdeen with parents who were of course in O&G in 1977.  He studied hard at RGU (or as it was then – RGIT) and has gained further qualifications in the form of Chartered Mechanical Engineer MIMechE and Chartered Explosives Engineer MIExpE

​Dave has over 25 years O&G experience during which he has have travelled to most places in the oilfield globe including 3 years working in Africa.  His working life involved various roles with :  Baker Oil Tools, Halliburton, Weatherford and Expro his last O&G position was as the Global Director of Downhole equipment and Explosives

He started the Fierce Beer Microbrewery just over a year ago and within the last year has seen several awards already and the business itself growing exponentially, completely down to the 4 people making up the company.  The 4 of them are passionate about what they do, extremely focused and very hard working and all share Dave’s grand expansion plans for Fierce Beer.
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Dave’s technical knowledge is largely O&G – or brewing focused but he has a hugely beneficial skill-set with his experience of management and leadership, team and business building plus the associated knowledge in HR/QHSE.