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Senior Appointments @ GUH The Global Underwater Hub (GUH) announced a series of senior appoint- ments to deliver its ambition of trans- forming the underwater industry in the

UK, appointing a ? nance director and head of communications. Kirstin Gove has joined as head of communications. A former STV news anchor and broadcast journalist, Gove has nearly three decades of experience working across various sectors of the energy industry including oil and gas, drilling and decommission-

Photo Courtesy OceanWise ing.

Centa tapped to lead PMI John Pepper, OceanWise, Retires

Jacqui Taylor has been appointed as a ? nance director, a position in which she will be responsible for driving commer- cial strategy design, development and delivery of board reporting and oversight of governance for the GUH. Taylor is a quali? ed chartered accountant with more than 20 years of experience. To support the GUH’s continued expansion, Trish

Banks has been promoted to the role of operations director, having previously played a key strategic role in the growth of Subsea UK and its transformation into the GUH.

CGG Con? rms Multi-Client Survey

CGG announced phase three of its dual-azimuth multi-client 3D survey in

Photo Courtesy GUH Photo Courtesy PMI the Northern North Sea. Starting in early

The Global Underwater Hub appoints Kirstin Gove, Trish Banks and Jacqui Taylor.

May 2022 and continuing throughout the

Centa Named President of PMI marine mapping products, having helped North Sea season, phase three will ex- establish, and then chairing the IHO’s PMI Industries, Inc., an engineering, pand on phases one and two of the pro-

Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure work- manufacturing, and testing company ap- gram conducted in 2020 and 2021. ing group from 2008 – 2014. In parallel, pointed Robert (Bob) J. Centa, MBA to Initial data from the phase three ac- he drove forth the OceanWise business president. Centa succeeds Bob Schauer quisition are expected to be available in development and marketing portfolio who is retiring after 17 years of service to early 2023, and ? nal processed data in and helped create and deliver the Marine PMI. Centa was most recently the Chief early 2024. The multi-year survey adds

Data Management training courses and Financial Of? cer of The Great Lakes a second azimuth over CGG’s existing free annual workshops. He leaves Ocean- Brewing Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. Northern Viking Graben (NVG) multi-

Wise to pursue his passions in travel, Centa brings a broad business acumen client 3D survey and extends coverage sports and food and wine and spend more and over 25 years of experience in leader- into the UKCS. The survey is supported time with his family. ship, strategy, operations, and ? nance in by industry pre-funding. www.marinetechnologynews.com 57

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