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Valeport Promotes Frankland where he worked as a mechatronics NORBIT Prize Goes to Gibbons

Valeport promoted Guy Frankland to teaching assistant as well as a research NORBIT UK chose to sponsor an

Head of Marketing, as it targets market assistant in the Control for Automation academic prize for a high achieving leadership in the environmental sensors and Rehabilitation Robotics Lab. student at UCL (www.ucl.ac.uk). This sector. The internal appointment of year’s winner is James Gibbons, who

Frankland, former marketing manager, CorPower Bags Portugal License has a background in Earth Science marks the latest step in the strategic CorPower Ocean is set to unleash a and an active interest in structural, growth plans for Valeport. wave energy project in the Atlantic physical and chemical properties of

Ocean after securing a 10-year license. the subsurface. The Geospatial Science

Ashtead Appoints Stewart CFO The TUPEM license - awarded by the and Hydrographic Surveying course

Ashtead Technology appointed Ingrid national Directorate-General for Natu- expanded his knowledge of these disci-

Stewart a chief ? nancial of? cer (CFO) ral Resources (DGRM) - provides a plines whilst also allowing him to “gain and ? ve managers for newly created ‘Permit for the Private Use of the Mari- signi? cant insight into the uncertainties roles across its international team. time Space’ up to 12 miles off the coast associated with the digital expression

The new Aberdeenshire based manage- of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal. of 3D positional data on and below the rial hires across Ashtead Technology CorPower Ocean Country Manager Earth’s Surface and their signi? cance in include Lili Hughes, as group QHSE Miguel Silva said the permit unlocks Marine Engineering.” manager, Stephen Booth as decommis- the demonstration phase of the ? rm’s sioning BD manager and asset integrity ? agship HiWave-5 project. Cyprus Subsea, SES Collaborate project manager Michael Gibson. In Subsea Europe Services GmbH and addition, Mark Vela has joined as US MacArtney Promotes Middleton Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services operations manager in Houston, and MacArtney Group appointed a new entered a new strategic cooperation to

Dan Davies has taken up his new role Managing Director for its UK opera- share knowledge and services designed as NDT market manager within the tions. Phil Middleton joined the group to simplify the acquisition of high- company’s inspection solutions team in late last year where he will be heading quality marine data for clients across

Bedfordshire, England. up MacArtney’s UK operations based Europe. The agreement was signed out of Aberdeen. January 1, 2021, and is the foundation

Gill Joins Greensea for matching the extensive autonomous

Greensea hired Karnveer Gill, Junior MacArtney Promotes Sharma and long-term water column survey ex-

Robotics Engineer, to help advance MacArtney Underwater Technology perience of Cyprus Subsea and Subsea

OPENSEA’s software tools and appli- appointed Saurabh Sharma as Regional Europe Service’s sea? oor surveying cations. Karnveer received his electrical Sales Manager, reinforcing its sales expertise to provide a harmonized Hy- engineering Bachelor of Science degree activities in the Middle East and India. drography and Oceanography portfolio from San Francisco State University from a single, Europe-wide source.

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