Speakers

Mark Welton is a Director of Upstream Consulting and brings over 15 years of oil and gas industry experience, specialising in the deployment of market
intelligence solutions that support local content and nationalisation strategies. He leads the Market Intelligence offering with specific focus on Middle East
supply chains, helping national oil companies quantify in-country value, benchmark domestic supplier capability, and set realistic localisation targets
across major capital projects.

Mark has designed and deployed market intelligence solutions that enable clients to measure local content performance, identify domestic manufacturing
and service gaps, and prioritise sectors for in-country investment. His work translates nationalisation policy ambitions into actionable procurement and
supplier-development roadmaps, growing local supply chains while safeguarding project delivery, quality, and cost competitiveness.