Robert Hansen

Mr. Hansen is a Principal Consultant with Palantir Canada and is also the Product Manager for Palantir’s Portfolio Management offering. As a consultant with over 10 years of experience, Rob has focused on delivering leading economic and strategic planning consulting services to the international energy sector.  Rob has led, or been a team member, for projects with Anadarko, Tullow, OMV, Shell, Talisman, Nexen, Husky, Centrica, Gran Tierra, Woodside, KPO, YPF and CNOOC, to name a few. This extensive experience has provided him with a deep understanding of the complex interactions in all aspects of Oil and Gas planning.  His current focus is on Portfolio management processes in the E&P industry.   Rob’s interest for modelling began whilst working in the Physics department at Sydney University where he studied complex systems.  There he worked with the Centre for Ultra-High Bandwidth Optical Devices and systems to study the interaction between coupled modes between multiple waveguides in photonic crystal structures. During his career he has published articles on varied topics such as: Global Fiscal Regime Analysis, Shale Gas Economics, Oil and Gas Commercial Agreements, Exploration Portfolio Analysis and Supermodes in Photonic Crystal Structures.