Joe Harrison
VP (JVs, gas)
The move
MoveShell → ADNOC Group
TitleSenior Adviser (JVs, upstream, gas) → VP Gas
LocationAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★
Native languageEnglish
Years in UAE12.1
Total experience24.3 years
ADNOC Group headcount10,001+ employees
ADNOC Group industryOil and Gas
ADNOC Group HQAbu Dhabi
ADNOC Group founded1971
ADNOC Group typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- VP GasJan 2026 — Present
ADNOC Group· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Senior Adviser (JVs, upstream, gas)Aug 2025 — Dec 2025
Shell· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Co GM and Director (Shell secondee)Nov 2023 — Jul 2025
Amilcar Petroleum· Tunis, Tunisia· Full-time
- Joint venture asset manager, Shell, Iraq and Abu DhabiJul 2020 — Oct 2023Shell· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director and vice chairmanMay 2019 — Oct 2023BBeNeLux Business Council Abu Dhabi· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time
- Joint venture asset managerSep 2018 — Jul 2020
Shell Abu Dhabi· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Senior strategy consultantAug 2016 — Aug 2018Shell· The Hague Area, Netherlands
- Front end development manager (Iraq)Aug 2014 — Jul 2016
Basrah Gas Company· Dubai
- Head of front end & discipline engineeringJul 2012 — Aug 2014
Shell Gabon· Gamba, Gabon
- Process engineerSep 2001 — Jul 2012Shell
Education
- Uppingham School1992 — 1997
- University of CambridgeMEng · Chemical engineering1997 — 2001
Languages
- Spanish · Limited working
- French · Full professional
- Arabic · Elementary
- Dutch · Full professional
- English · Native or bilingual
Top skills
GasOil & Gas IndustryCoachingOil/GasFEEDExecutive Management