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Corvus

Exova

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Irish Continental Group

Hauso Ure Left to right: 2014-2015 Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Scholarship Recipients Callie Ledwidge

Hamilton, Joshua Banks, Irah Dizon and Jason Cisneros.

Exova Names GM for O&G Labs La.) for their “steadfast championship of Amankwah will be responsible for Irish Ferries division, assuming the role

Exova has appointed Campbell Ure as the inland waterways” at its 14th Annual leading operational activities including with effect from the beginning of April.

general manager of its Edinburgh and Leadership Service Awards. logistics, warehousing, blending part- new Aberdeen laboratories. nerships, purchasing and order manage- Volvo Penta Marketing Director

Hooker, Marschner Join CWind ment. Previously director of marine sales for

Newport News Names Hogan VP CWind has appointed two new sales Latin America, Marcelo Puscar has been

Rob Hogan was named VP of manufac- managers, Ben Hooker in the U.K. and Tero Marine Names Staubo VP appointed as director of marketing at turing at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Stefan Marschner in Germany. Erik Sarmento Staubo has been pro- Volvo Penta of the Americas.

Newport News Shipbuilding division. moted to vice president of sales at Nor-

Hogan will be responsible for manufac- Ledwidge Named CFO of Irish wegian software company Tero Marine, JRC, Alphatron Open in Houston turing and manufacturing planning in Continental Group assuming the role from February 1. JRC and Alphatron Marine will open a support of all shipbuilding programs, as- David Ledwidge has been appointed to 7,500-square-foot industrial building suming his new role February 23 follow- chief ? nancial of? cer at Irish Continen- CEO Named at Global in Houston to offer sales and support, ing a transition into the job with the help tal Group Plc (ICG). Ledwidge has held Maritime Group marketing, training, technical support, of Becky Stewart, who will retire from various ? nancial positions within the Created by merging four companies be- onboard service (repair and inspection) the position March 1. group, ? rst as group risk accountant fol- longing to HitecVision, Global Maritime and distributor management for the lowed by his appointment as Irish ferries Group is a worldwide enterprise with its Americas. Alphatron Marine USA will

Victoria Shipyards’ Barker to Retire ? nancial controller, and in 2013 was ap- head of? ce in Stavanger, has appointed be headed by Vittorio Pepe and Scott

Seaspan’s vice president and general pointed Irish ferries ? nance director. Peder Sortland as its ? rst CEO. Bilbe, who have worked with JRC and manager of Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd., Alphatron Marine for over a decade.

Malcolm Barker, will retire Spring 2015, Keith Named VP at Tesla Offshore Murray to Lead Thuraya’s following more than 21 years with the Tesla Offshore LLC has promoted Matt Product Management MHI Consolidates R&D Facilities company. Succeeding Barker will be Joe Keith to vice president, geoscience man- Thuraya Telecommunications has ap- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. will

O’Rourke who has joined Victoria Ship- ager and an of? cer with the company,. pointed Keith Murray as Maritime Prod- reorganize its research and development yards as its new vice president and gen- uct Manager, based in Dubai. structure, creating a new R&D Center in eral manager, Seaspan announced. Suarez Named VP at Voith Turbo Kobe consolidating the ? ve existing cen-

Javier Suarez will be Voith Turbo’s new Brindley Joins Tentec’s Sales Team ters. Yoji Kawamoto, currently Deputy

Crowley Scholarships vice president Americas for the power, oil Tentec Ltd. announced the appointment Head of the Technology & Innovation

Crowley Maritime Corp. has awarded and gas division’s marine group, based of Andrew Brindley to its internal sales Headquarters (Executive Of? cer), will

Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial at the division’s regional headquarters in team. concurrently serve as General Manager

Scholarships to four students at the Uni- Houston. Suarez will also be a member of the new center.

versity of Washington’s (UW) Michael of the global Voith Marine management Sætre Appointed President &

G. Foster School of Business. The stu- team. His experience includes four years CEO of Statoil Atlantic Offshore Rescue dents, Jason Cisneros, Callie Hamilton, at Voith Turbo as sales area manager for Statoil’s board of directors has appointed Appoints UK MD

Irah Dizon and Joshua Banks, were cho- Voith Schneider Propellers in Germany. Eldar Sætre as the company’s new presi- Atlantic Offshore Rescue has appointed sen to receive the $2,500 scholarships dent and CEO. Sætre, who has 35 years’ Matthew Gordon as managing director for the 2014-2015 academic year based Appointments at Moran Iron Works experience from Statoil and the oil and for its U.K. division to lead the organi- on their demonstrated ? nancial need, Moran Iron Works announced its latest gas industry, has been acting as president zation from its Aberdeen base, replacing community involvement and leadership staff promotions, appointments and cre- and CEO since October, and assumes John Bryce, who is retiring but will con- skills. dential advancements, naming William the role with immediate effect. He has tinue to be involved in Atlantic Offshore (Bill) Halstead as project operations been a member of the Corporate execu- Rescue in a consultancy capacity.

Corvus Energy Names Hauso EVP manager, Thomas McNamara as director tive committee since 2003. He started as

Corvus Energy has appointed Halvard of human resources, James Woodworth CFO, and later became executive vice Rolls-Royce Middle East Subsidiary “Hal” Hauso as executive vice president as manufacturing process manager and president for the business area Market- Rolls-Royce has set up MTU Middle of sales and marketing. Kirk R. Gibson as account manager for ing, processing and renewable energy East as a new regional sales and service industrial fabrication. (MPR). subsidiary with head of? ce in Dubai to

WCI Honors Senators Alexander support distributors and business part- and Vitter RSC Bio Solutions Adds VP Sheen Named ICG MD ners of MTU, MTU Onsite Energy and

The Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) Asuama Yeboah-Amankwah has been Andrew Sheen has been appointed by Bergen Engines in 21 countries in the recognized Senator Lamar Alexander appointed as RSC Bio Solutions’ new the Irish Continental Group (ICG) to Middle East and North Africa.

(R-Tenn.) and Senator David Vitter (R- vice president of operations. Yeboah- the position of Managing Director of its 70 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MARCH 2015

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