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He had a long career with BP, where he gained exploration, commercial and management experience in several countries.
Mr Franklin has a BSc in geology from Southampton University in the UK.
He was chair of Brindex, the trade association for UK independent oil and gas companies, and a member of Pilot, the joint industry/government task force, from 2002-05.
Mr Franklin is non-executive chair of Bateman Litwin NV, and sits on the boards of Santos Ltd, an Australian oil and gas company, and Novera Energy Ltd, a leading UK company in renewables.
He was awarded the OBE for services to the UK oil and gas industry in 2004.
Mr Franklin has been a director of StatoilHydro since 1 October 2007 and a member of the board's audit committee. | 