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People & Company News Macpherson Named CEO of Reef Subsea Reef Subsea announced a strate-gic group-wide restructure. Duncan Macpherson, who previously held the role of Managing Director of Reef Subsea Norway, has been promoted as the CEO of Reef Subsea. The reorgani- zation will create the need to recruit a number of senior positions in the group, including a Chief Operating OfÞ cer and a Chief Commercial OfÞ cer. As part of the new strategy, Reef Subsea also an- nounced that it will no longer take de- livery of the newbuild MT 6022 MkII design vessel from Olympic Shipping, originally planned for delivery Q3 2013. Reef Subsea will now look to place a commitment on a similar capability ves- sel for delivery during 2014. Christensen Joins NorSea Group NorSea Group, a supplier of base servic-es and integrated logistics systems to the oil and gas industry in Norway, appoint- ed Kim Christensen as its Þ rst U.K. General Manager to lead the groupÕs fu- ture developments in Scotland. Christensen will head up NorSea Group (U.K.) Ltd, a new company within the Group, which has been established to reinforce the GroupÕs commitment to enhance its business activity in the U.K. To support this, NorSea Group will open its Þ rst U.K. ofÞ ce in Aberdeen. The move follows NorSea GroupÕs re- cent announcements that it had signed an agreement with the Scrabster Harbor Trust in Caithness and formed a strategic working partnership with local logistics Þ rm Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd to develop ScotlandÕs most northerly mainland port as a one-stop supply base servicing the oil and gas industry. Chris- tensen, a Dane who has lived in the U.K. for 21 years, has more than 20 years of shorebase and logistics experience. Calecore Appoints Southall GMCalecore announced the appointment of Mike Southall who commenced employment with the company in June 2013 as General Manager, Calegeo. Southall is a chartered engineer and ge-ologist with nearly 30 years experience as a practicing geotechnical engineer and was previously General Manager for SEtech Ltd. He will be responsible for the leadership and day-to-day man-agement of geotechnical operations, including the DP2 Highland Spirit and CalegeoÕs range of seabed geotechnical equipment. Jee Appoints Ross Jee Ltd., an independent multi-disci-pline subsea engineering and training company, appointed Nigel Ross as Busi-ness Development Director. Based in the companyÕs Aberdeen of- Þ ce, Ross will be responsible for ensur- ing the business continues to meets its ongoing strategy for growth by further developing relationships with key cus- tomers and seeking new business op- portunities to support long-term growth plans. Ross has more than 20 years of experience in business development and sales management within the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Jee, he worked as a business development director for Xodus, where he was responsible for implementing strategic international growth plans and securing new business for all operating divisions. He has also held senior positions at Shell, Wood Group and Petrotechnics, and has worked in a number of interna- tional locations including West Africa, Russia, Caspian, North Africa and the Middle East. Captain Van Gurley Retires Capt. John Van Gurley retired from the U.S. Navy on July 12 in a traditional Navy ceremony at Stennis Space Center after 26 years of active duty service. A native of Orlando, Fla., and Mississippi Coast resident for nearly the past de-cade, Gurley most recently commanded the Naval Oceanography Operations Command (NOOC) at Stennis Space Center until a change of command im-Macpherson Christensen Ross September 201382 MTRMTR #7 (82-96).indd 82MTR #7 (82-96).indd 828/23/2013 9:20:41 AM8/23/2013 9:20:41 AM