Mike Efthymiou obtained an MSc in Civil & Structural Engineering and a PhD in Offshore Engineering at University of Manchester, UK. Mike has worked with Shell for over 30 years in a range of roles, including R&D and senior technical roles in the execution of major projects. These rolesa included Structural Lead for the US$22 billion Sakhalin Project offshore Russia and Technical Authority responsibilities for the Prelude Floating LNG Project. Mike’s research work on fatigue and ultimate strength of offshore structures is well recognized in the industry and is embedded in design standards for offshore structures, including API and ISO. More recently, Mike played a pioneering role in the development of FLNG technology in Shell, notably in side-by-side offloading of LNG, water intake risers and mooring integrity. He holds several Patents in these technologies and had Technical sign off Authority (TA1) for Offshore and Metocean aspects of the Prelude Project.
After retiring from Shell in 2013 Mike was appointed Professor of Offshore Structures at University of Western Australia, within the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre. His research interests include behavior of floating systems, integrity and reliability and he has played a lead role in the definition and execution of a major multi-year research project supported financially by Shell, Woodside, Lloyds Register, Bureau Veritas and the Australian Research Council. In 2013 Mike was appointed to the Board of Directors of Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company (CHC), a position that he still retains along-side his academic role at the University of Western Australia.