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Keppel Appoints CFOThe Board of Directors of Keppel Cor- poration Limited said that Teo Soon Hoe will relinquish his role as Group FinanceDirector with effect from January 1,2012. Teo, 62, will continue to serve as Senior Executive Director and remain on the Keppel Board. He will remain as Chair- man on the boards of Keppel Telecom- munications & Transportation Ltd and M1 Limited. He will assist the CEO, MrChoo Chiau Beng to strategize and grow Keppel's competencies in Sustainable Development, and oversee Keppel's in- vestment portfolio and special projects such as the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco- City. The Board appointed Loh Chin Hua, Managing Director of Keppel Land's real estate fund management arm,Alpha Investment Partners Limited, as Chief Financial Officer with effect from January 1, 2012.New President at US Fab Kevin Quigley was named president ofVIGOR?s US Fab di- vision. Quigley will oversee all of VIGOR?s new ship construction includ-ing ferries, advanced Coast Guard cutters, barges, fishing and cargo vessels. As US Fab president, he also will direct the company?s growing land-based and alternative energy fabri- cation projects.New MD BMT Singapore BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, a subsidiaryof the BMT Group,appointed Per Røedas its Managing Di-rector. He as for- merly Head of Vessel Newbuilding at AP Moller?Maersk in Singapore. Schottel Promotes Bull Andrew Bull was appointed managingdirector of SCHOT- TEL Middle EastFZE in Dubai. He isresponsible for allsales and service ac-tivities in the Middle East region. Comark Promotes Smudin Comark named Rick Smudin as the Di-rector of Military and Marine Sales, re-sponsible for all aspects of Military andMarine sales, globally. He brings 20 years of technical sales experience in the computer hardware, software and em- bedded markets. Kvaerner Appoints Allen Kvaerner appointed Tony Allen as Ex- ecutive Vice President for its Interna- tional business area. Allen has more than 30 years of industry experience and has been part of the corporate managementwith several of the leading EPC contrac- tors for the oil and gas industry, including SNC-Lavalin Inc., Humphries & Glas- gow and Earl and Wright. Thuraya Appoints CFOThuraya appointedPatrick Chenel as CFO. In addition toleading Thuraya?s fi- nancial management,planning and report-ing functions, he willalso be responsiblefor maintaining and developing the Com- pany?s relationships with the relevant fi- nancial institutions and strategic suppliers across the globe.Global Diving & SalvagePromotes Daily Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. pro- moted Deirdre Dailyto General Managerof the Alaska Re- gion. ?During hertenure at Global Div- ing, Deirdre has con-tinued to show great aptitude in management capabilities? says David DeVilbiss, Alaska Regional Manager. Carver to Lead Veson Nautical Singapore Office Veson Nautical is expanding its team in Singapore, and it doing so it named John Carver as the new Regional Manager; Asia Pacific Region. Sea Tel Hires Insall Sea Tel hired Chris Insall as the Man- ager, Commercial Programs, responsible for new business development. He will be based in the UK and will work from the Cobham Leatherhead office. APL Appoints North AsiaRegional Head APL announced the appointment ofWong Siew Loong as Regional President of its North Asia business. ?Siew Loong brings with him 15 years of experience within the company. I am confident he is the right person to steer our North Asia business, an integral part of APL?s global liner activities. DnB NOR Asia Energy Team Expands Omar Sekkat hasjoined DnB NOR?s energy division at the bank?s Asian head- quarters in Singa- pore. He comes to therole after transferringfrom DnB NOR inLondon. AKD Appoints Kromhout Netherlands law firm AKD has ap- pointed JanKromhout as a part-ner in its shippingand offshore team. He began his career in Rotterdam with thelaw firm Nauta Dutilh. Caravello Joins Rainmaker Jack Caravello has joined Rainmaker LLC as Vice Presi- dent of Business De-velopment, bringing with him more than37 years of experi- ence in Maritime andOffshore Industries. Linge to HeadSenergy Oslo Senergy reinforced its Norwegian foot- print by opening new business premises in Oslo. The company also appointed FrodeLinge, to head up its new regional office as project/asset manager. www.senergyworld.com Heaselden New Director The Shipowners? Club, the mutual P&Iinsurer specializingin small and special-ist vessels has ap- pointed David Heaselden to the new post of Loss Preven- tion Director, with immediate effect. MMS Picks Globe iFusion Globe Wireless said Marine Manage- ment Services (MMS) of Piraeus, Greecehas selected the Globe iFusion as thecommunication solution for its fleet.Globe iFusion incorporates an Inmarsat94Maritime Reporter & Engineering News NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES (continued on page 96)MR Nov.11 # 12 (89-96):MR Template 11/4/2011 1:40 PM Page 94