The Salos Sunesis Team

Grant Wallace

Managing Director

Grant Wallace has some 20 years’ experience within the energy sector and has held a variety of senior roles and Directorships.  Grant has been with SSL since 2013 and was initially SSL’s Audit Director, where his team focused on assisting clients to ensure that they are operationally ready for HPHT operations.  He has held other Directorships within the business prior to being appointed as MD in 2016.

Bruce Christie

Performance Manager

Bruce has over 30 years’ experience in the industry and much of this has been in the continuous improvement space. Bruce worked with KCA Drilling before switching over to project management. He took on a role as Performance Leader at BP Aberdeen before moving to Asia as Drilling the Limit coordinator at Brunei Shell. He has been a consultant  in performance roles for Shell,  Hess, Pioneer and Mariner and has worked in the Gulf of Mexico, Norway, Trinidad, Indonesia and Malaysia.  More recently Bruce held the role of Senior Well Engineer Performance & Planning for Shell in China on Unconventionals and in Australia for deep-water projects.  Bruce is responsible for overseeing of our performance improvement operations and project lead for continuous improvement.

John White

Operations Manager 

John has extensive experience in High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT),  Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), front end engineering, rig intake and wellsite operations. Roles have included Shell UK HPHT design team lead, Senior Drilling Supervisor and HPHT Lifecycle Well Engineer.John is a Round 2 qualified Engineer and was the Subject Matter Expert for Well Control for Shell UK. Internationally he has also been involved in ERD, Deepwater, Abandonments, depleted drilling and hard rock drilling projects. John is responsible for overseeing our High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT), Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) & Deepwater projects.  Also responsible for our consultancy and wellsite services portfolio.