Shell’s Andrew Murfin to speak at Biofuels International 2017

Andrew Murfin, general manager at Shell’s Advanced Biofuels division, has become the latest in a long line of people to declare that he will be taking part in this year’s Biofuels International Conference.

Murfin joined Alternative Energies in 2009 and was appointed GM Advanced Biofuels at the beginning of 2013. In his current role, he has global accountability for the delivery of an advanced biofuels manufacturing business. He has over 25 years' commercial, project and technology implementation experience.

Prior to his current role, Murfin was in Canada, developing a proposed project to deliver a cellulosic ethanol facility in conjunction with government funding and technology providers. Previously, he was project director of the now operational $3bn London Array offshore wind project in the UK.

Murfin has worked in the renewable energy field since 2001 and joined Shell in 2003. Prior to joining Shell, he held a number of senior positions in UK electricity and gas utilities.

He spent much of his early career in a range of commercial, mergers and acquisitions, new business development and trading roles in the UK utility industry. Murfin has a first degree in Electro Mechanical Engineering, is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Chartered Engineer.