Terry Van Graan
About Terry Van Graan
Terry Van Graan is the Capital Projects Team Lead and Capital Stewardship Organisational Capability Champion at Chevron's Cape Town Refinery, with over 8 years of experience in leading capital projects.
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Terry Van Graan holds the position of Capital Projects Team Lead & Capital Stewardship Organisational Capability (CSOC) Champion at Chevron. His role includes managing the full Capital Portfolio of Capex & Copex Projects at the Cape Town Refinery.
Current Position at Chevron
Currently, Terry Van Graan is responsible for overseeing capital projects as the Capital Projects Team Lead at Chevron's Cape Town Refinery. He also champions the capital stewardship within the Technical Services Department, ensuring best practices and effective project management across the facility.
Previous Roles at Chevron
Terry Van Graan has had an extensive history with Chevron. He served as a Senior Project Manager from 2011 to 2015, managing significant projects and spearheading various initiatives. Prior to that, he was a Project Manager from 2007 to 2010 at the Cape Town Refinery, where he honed his project management skills and contributed to the refinery's operations.
Experience at PetroSA
Before his tenure at Chevron, Terry Van Graan gathered experience as a Senior Project Engineer at PetroSA in the Mossel Bay Refinery. He worked there for a year, contributing his expertise to various engineering projects and gaining valuable insights into refinery operations.
Education and Expertise
Terry Van Graan has a robust educational background primarily in project management and business sciences. He earned a B. Econ. Sc. in Economic, Business and Management Sciences from Stellenbosch University (1996-2000), a BPhil in Leadership, Management, Strategy, Systems Thinking, Knowledge Management, and Decision Analysis & Theory (2005-2010), and completed several project management programmes at institutions such as the University of Cape Town, Chevron Technical University, and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.