Joshua Bateman
About Joshua Bateman
Joshua Bateman is the Inventory and CSO Optimiser for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio of crude oil and derived products.
Title at ExxonMobil
Joshua Bateman currently serves as the Inventory and CSO Optimiser for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at ExxonMobil. He has held this role since 2012, where he works from Leatherhead, England, United Kingdom. His responsibilities include managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio of crude oil and derived products across the regions, optimizing compulsory stock obligations to comply with legal strategic energy reserve requirements, and driving a low working capital intensive model while ensuring site feasibility and trading organization flexibility.
Professional Experience
Joshua Bateman has extensive professional experience in the oil and energy sector. Prior to his current role at ExxonMobil, he completed a technical department internship at ExxonMobil in Fawley, England in 2011. Additionally, he worked as a Technical Department Industrial Placement Student at Total from 2009 to 2010 in Lindsey, England, and as a Technical Department Intern at National Grid from 2008 to 2009 in Isle of Grain, England.
Education and Expertise
Joshua Bateman has a solid educational background in chemical engineering. He earned a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree from Loughborough University, where he studied from 2007 to 2012. He also conducted a research project at the University of Michigan in 2011. His foundational education includes A levels in Chemistry (A), Physics (A), Maths (A), Further Maths (A), and English Literature (A) from Plume School, achieved between 2005 and 2007. He also earned 10 A* and 4 A grades in his GCSEs at Plume School from 2000 to 2005.
Inventory and CSO Optimisation
Joshua Bateman is responsible for managing a complex portfolio of crude oil and derived products in his role at ExxonMobil. His work involves optimizing compulsory stock obligations to meet diverse legal strategic energy reserve requirements across multiple countries. He also ensures site feasibility and trading organization flexibility while driving a low working capital intensive model. His role has also given him extensive exposure to corporation-scale treasury and working capital financing.