Napier Collyns
Napier Collyns is a cofounder of Global Business Network. He is also a board member of the Arlington Institute and the Meridian International Institute, a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and a member of Forum 21, International Futures Forum, and the editorial boards of Omnipedia—Thinking for Tomorrow and Geopolitics of Energy. Until recently he was a senior associate of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a public director of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), editor-at-large for Doubleday Currency, a board member of the Strategic Management Society and a participant in the ICIS Forum.
Before joining GBN, Napier spent more than 30 years in the international oil industry, mostly with companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Venezuela, Nigeria, New York, London, and The Hague. He was a senior member of the small team at Shell that developed scenario planning in the early 1970s under the leadership of Pierre Wack. From 1974 to 1979, Napier was head of planning for Shell companies in Europe. From 1979 to 1986, he was vice president of Scallop Corporation in New York, responsible for planning and public affairs. During this time he was also a director of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce, the British American Chamber of Commerce, the Council of the Americas, the American Geographical Society, the Issues Management Association, and the International Center in New York. He was also a member of the Tarrytown 100.
From 1986 to 1988, Napier was director of public affairs for Atlantic Refining & Marketing in Philadelphia. Since 1988 he has been scenario consultant to the Californian Energy Commission and has helped the national oil companies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela, as well as major international oil companies and electric utilities, to develop their own scenario planning processes.
Napier has master's degrees in history from the University of Cambridge and Brown University. He was a consultant to the eight-part public television series, Oil, and to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the oil industry, The Prize. Napier resides in New York City, Berkeley, and London. He is married with five sons and 11 grandchildren.
Before joining GBN, Napier spent more than 30 years in the international oil industry, mostly with companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Venezuela, Nigeria, New York, London, and The Hague. He was a senior member of the small team at Shell that developed scenario planning in the early 1970s under the leadership of Pierre Wack. From 1974 to 1979, Napier was head of planning for Shell companies in Europe. From 1979 to 1986, he was vice president of Scallop Corporation in New York, responsible for planning and public affairs. During this time he was also a director of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce, the British American Chamber of Commerce, the Council of the Americas, the American Geographical Society, the Issues Management Association, and the International Center in New York. He was also a member of the Tarrytown 100.
From 1986 to 1988, Napier was director of public affairs for Atlantic Refining & Marketing in Philadelphia. Since 1988 he has been scenario consultant to the Californian Energy Commission and has helped the national oil companies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela, as well as major international oil companies and electric utilities, to develop their own scenario planning processes.
Napier has master's degrees in history from the University of Cambridge and Brown University. He was a consultant to the eight-part public television series, Oil, and to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the oil industry, The Prize. Napier resides in New York City, Berkeley, and London. He is married with five sons and 11 grandchildren.