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people & companies

RBR Announces New

President, Board Chair

RBR announced that Greg

Johnson, who for two years has led the engineering developments of the company, takes over as President on

September 1, 2010. Kara-Lee Golota will continues as Vice-President and

Frank Johnson assumes the role of

Chair of the Board with a particular interest in fostering new activities allied to the work of RBR and instru- mentation.

Fugro Chance Promotes

Thibodeaux, Prewitt

Fugro Chance announced two top management promotions. Blaine

Thibodeaux has been appointed as

Vice President of the Marine Group.

Thibodeaux is responsible for

Chance Lafayette’s Gulf of Mexico offshore operations. Thibodeaux replaces Jim O’Neal who recently retired after completion of 47 years of continuous service to the compa- ny. Larry Prewitt has been promoted to General Manager of the Marine

Group and as Thibodeaux’s deputy will oversee innovative services such as STARFIX.Moor and major marine projects. Prewitt has also been appointed to Fugro’s technical innovation team for the positioning business line within Fugro.

Ferguson Joins Global

Global Diving &

Salvage welcomed

John Ferguson,

Business

Development

Manager, to its

Offshore Support Division.

Ferguson has more than 17 years of experience in the offshore and inter- national O&G industry, tapping this experience to prepare for opening a

Houston office as the General

Manager. His current responsibili- ties include expanding Global's com- mercial diving, ROV, and environ- mental services within the Gulf of

Mexico region and evaluating inter- national market potential.

New Name, Familiar Face in Offshore Wind

Tony Trapp announced the cre- ation of a new business, called O-

Power Limited. O-Power (OP) will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a sig- nificant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market. OP offers concept development and analysis, right through to the supply and installation of product. It will use the human, physical and business resources of NE England to provide attractive and competitive engineer- ing solutions - always aimed at improving technology. O-Power is an independent company founded and staffed by a team of engineers. It is based in Northumberland. The cre- ation of OP is supported by IHC

Merwede, a leader in the construc- tion of specialist dredging equipment and a major supplier of specialist off- shore technology and vessels.

Lester New MCT Chair

Paul Lester, previously the

Chief Executive of VT Group plc before it was acquired by

Babcock

International

Group plc, has been appointed

Chairman of UK tidal energy company, Marine Current

Turbines Ltd. He succeeds Tony

Davies who has been non-execu- tive chairman of Marine Current

Turbines for the past two years.

Axon Appoints Adame

Axon Energy

Products announced the appointment of

Donna Adame as President of

Axon Rig

Concept and

Design, Inc. (RCD). RCD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axon

Energy Products, AS. RCD is a concept designer and provider of innovative solutions for offshore drilling facilities on an engineer- ing, EP and EPC basis. Adame assumes the role after serving as

Vice President of Sales &

Marketing for Axon Pressure

Products. Her previous experience includes four years in the offshore marine oil & gas markets, and nine years in power products and power generation of the construction, industrial and oil & gas markets.

She holds a Masters degree in

Business Administration, and is a doctorial candidate for a PhD in

Business Administration.

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