Bill Bowman

Bill Bowman is Deputy Director of IPA’s Energy Practice. In this role, he contributes to IPA’s energy transition initiative by helping integrated energy companies, national oil companies, and independent operators deliver competitive new business opportunities. His responsibilities include managing clients, developing and leading research studies, analyzing complex megaprojects globally, and assisting in the development of IPA’s intellectual property and business lines.

Since joining IPA in 2001, Bill has benchmarked over 300 projects with many different concept types including onshore projects, gas plants, LNG facilities, offshore projects, subsea tie-backs, steel piled jackets, floaters, gravity-based structures, and pipelines. He has also evaluated projects for Best Practices in project management, project organization, and project team and contractor alignment.

Bill has also led business development of upstream and LNG related engagements and managed 10+ clients from major oil and gas owner companies to junior (1 project) operators. He was a manager and mentor to a number of analysts within IPA’s Asia Pacific Project Centre.

Bill completed a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Finance at the Australian Securities Institute in 2004. He earned a B.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Australia (UWA), and has a number of publications to his name. Prior to coming to IPA, Bill worked for a leading engineering contractor, as well as a major oil and gas offshore drilling services company.