Management

In a fiercly competative global market, a strong managment team is paramount.

Laser Gulf has harnessed the wealth of experience and talent in the field to assemble a team that maintains and develops our presence, ensuring continued sucess.

Colin Mackay

Executive Director

Founder of Laser Gulf in 2008 establishing the first office in Baku, Azerbaijan before setting up regional offices in UK (2015) and Kazakhstan (2017) and now heading up International operations. Having statrted his career in the large Oil & Gas fabrication yards (Nigg) in the early 1980's as a Dimensional Control Surveyor and then moving on to working in the North Sea and Internationally prior to establishing Laser Gulf.

A vast experience in the Oil & Gas industry from new build fabrication and design, through to Hook Up and Brownfiled Modifications Engineering both Offshore and Onshore accross the World. This has spread across three decades and following the technology to present day 3D Design packages and always keeping Laser Gulf ahead of the industry in utilizing the most recent technology. .

Lee Henderson

Non-Executive Director

Joined Laser Gulf in 2015 to expand the Engineering capabilty and taking 20 years experience primeraly in the Drill Engineering field and in more recent years as Project Management to BP (Caspian) before taking the role as Director with Laser Gulf and now currently heading up the Azerbaijan Operation within the Laser Gulf Group of companies

Graduating from Newcastle University in 19xx and taking position as Engineer in Amec (Wallsend) before moving to Aberdeen working for KCAD (RDS) working in North Sea and finally moving to Baku where he spent xx years as part of the BP Engineering support group with RDS.

Graham Beattie

Subsea Manager

Graham has extensive experience gained in Subsea Well Systems Engineering , Operations and Project Management during his 32+ years in the Industry. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has held numerous Subsea roles globally with both Tier 1 Subsea Contractors as well as 16 years with BP in the UK and Azerbaijan ,where his former position of Subsea Wells Manager , managed the first Subsea development in the Caspian Region.

Graham joined Laser Gulf in 2017 where he formed the Subsea Division offering Subsea Project Management , Operations support and Expertise in support of various local and global Subsea Projects . His integrated offering has now expanded and includes such services as Drilling and Completion Engineering & Operational Support, Subsea Inspection and Pressure Control Equipment maintenance . He is a very focused and results orientated person whom strives on Project success.

Andy Crawford

Survey Manager (UK / Europe)

Over 30 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry Worldwide from Onshore New Build to Offshore Hook Up, Gaining a Degree in Project Management in 2010.

Joined Laser Gulf in 2015 as Survey Manager looking after UK and Europe Region based in UK (Inverness) office.

Matt Bell

Director UK

Matt joined Laser Gulf in 2024 to expand the renewables sector, he has workd in the Oil & Gas industry since leaving full time education and brings a vast knowledge of digital twin to the company.