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Steve Hall, from NOC’s International &

Strategic Partnerships, said: “NOC values being able to work with a highly regarded international Professional Body to jointly address the great challenges facing the ocean, to benefi t from a closer working relationship with marine professionals in industry, and to encourage more people to consider a future in marine science, en- gineering and technology. IMarEST also provides an opportunity for our staff to seek accredited professional status, which will improve their career prospects and their understanding of the requirements of the broader marine sector.”

The partnership will build on NOC’s ex- isting work with IMarEST which sees them consulting on both government and international bodies including the Inter- governmental Oceanographic Commis- sion (IOC) and International Maritime

Organization (IMO), he added.

IMarEST’s Chief Executive, David Loo- sley, said: “We are pleased to be working closely with the National Oceanography

Center. A partnership such as this enables us to further enhance the IMarEST’s global technical voice by increasing rel- evant technical expertise for our Special

Interest Groups for the benefi t of all of our members and corporate marine part- ners around the world.”

InterMoor UK Expand with Maxwell, Knight

InterMoor, an Acteon company, ap- pointed Lesley Maxwell as group human resources manager and Nick Knight as business development manager for Inter-

Moor Marine Services Ltd.

Maxwell has more than 20 years of inter- national experience as a senior manager in management consulting and human resources roles across different sectors including oil and gas and will be based in

Aberdeen, U.K. Knight has been appoint- ed business development manager for

InterMoor Marine Services Ltd. Knight, who will also be based in Aberdeen,

U.K., comes to InterMoor from Viking

SeaTech where he was operations super- visor. Knight has more than 12 years’ ex- perience in marine engineering.

MacArtney Bolsters

N. American Sales

MacArtney announced an initiative to bolster its North American system sales focus, spearheaded by the hiring of Shan-

MacArtney Grows in N. America www.seadiscovery.com

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