Senior Vice President of Marketing

Bernard Edwards is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sentinel Midstream where he leads the marketing and offtake strategy for the Texas GulfLink deepwater export project. He brings more than two decades of global crude oil trading, marketing and commercial development experience with a proven record of originating complex commercial structures, building international customer relationships and delivering value across the Gulf Coast refining and export markets.

Throughout his career Bernard has held senior commercial and trading roles at major integrated oil companies and global trading organizations. He has managed physical crude portfolios, developed new export channels and negotiated long‑term supply, offtake and infrastructure agreements with refiners, producers and international buyers. His background spans refinery optimization, global crude placement, VLCC export programs, ship‑to‑ship operations and the economics that underpin large‑scale midstream and marine logistics systems.

At Sentinel Midstream, Bernard is responsible for global customer engagement, opportunity origination, and long‑term market positioning for Texas GulfLink. He works closely with commercial, engineering, operations, finance, legal and scheduling teams to align these strategies with project execution and ensure that Texas GulfLink’s marketing framework supports sustainable growth and world‑class operational performance.

Bernard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering which provides a strong technical foundation that complements his commercial leadership and enables effective collaboration across multidisciplinary project teams. Originally from the United Kingdom, he has spent his career working across global energy hubs and now resides in Houston, Texas.