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Pharos Offshore Names Gartshore CTO Pharos Offshore Group announced the addition of Scott Gartshore as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) to the executive team. A marine industry veteran, Scotts previous roles include Project Manager and Senior Engineer, as well as Trenching Systems Sales Manager at IHC Engineering Business Ltd. Pharos Offshore Group CEO Phil Walker says, Pharos Offshore Group is expanding to meet the growing need for our ITAT 800, MENTOR 800 and UTV subsea trenching systems. Scotts depth of technical knowledge and experience makes him a valuable addition in leading our engineeringand operational teams.? He will lead Pharos subsea trenching equipment development programs, while provid- ing technical oversight to all opera- tional marine contracting projects. Thome Offshore Bolsters Management Thome Offshore Management (TOM) and Thome Oil & Gas (TOG) appointed John A. Sydness, as Managing Director for Thome Offshore and Thome Oil & Gas. He was previously Managing Director of TOG and prior to that he worked for major international companies in theoffshore services and energy indus- tries. He takes over from Claes Eek Thorstensen, who is moving into a group role in TSMI ? the holding company of the Thome Group of companies. Claes will be supporting the development of all companies including commercial and marketing activities. In addition, Thome Offshore announces the internal pro- motion of?Paul Schaab, to General Manager, Offshore Fleet; ?Manfred Mueller, as General Manager, Commercial, Thome Offshore; ? Cynthia Surin Harris, as Finance Manager of Thome Offshore and Thome Oil & Gas; ?Gaurav Gupta joins as Head of Marine HR, Thome Offshore and Thome Oil & Gas. SCAA Names New Directors at Annual MeetingSpill Control Association of America (SCAA), a professional asso- ciation representing oil spill removal organizations (OSRO), spill man- agers/qualified individuals, consult-ants, equipment and material manu-facturers, distributors, insurers, and educational and governmental organ- izations, announces the appointmentof three new SCAA Directors and the renewal of a fourth Director for another two-year term. The appoint- ments were announced at the Annual Meeting on March 8 in Alexandria. The new Directors are Harry Bedrossian, SPC Brady; Michael Gallagher, CI Agent Solutions; and Devon Grennan, Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. The Board of Directors extended John Parker, a sitting Director and a past SCAA President, an additional two-year term. SCAA was founded in 1973 as an industry non-profit association to represent the collective interests, and profes- sional experience and contributionsof the spill response industry, keeping SCAA members current on regula- tions, technology advances and important national and international events. Sea Tows Tom Kehlenbach Named to CT Marine Trades BoD Sea Tow Services International Inc., an on-water assistance provider, announced that Captain Tom Kehlenbach, owner of Sea Tow Central Connecticut, has beennamed to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Marine Trades Association (CMTA) for a three-year term, starting July 1, 2012. The appointment was made on March 14th during CMTAs 58th Annual Meeting at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Capt. Kehlenbach has been a CMTA mem- ber since 1990, when he founded Sea Tow Central CT. PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS GartshoreThorstensenSCAA DirectorsKehlenbachSydnesswww.marinelink.com MN65