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56Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Kotug Appoints New COO The supervisory board of KOTUG an- nounced the appointment of Harrold van der Meer as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of KOTUG International B.V. He succeeds Dorus Knegtel, the current COO & Vice President Business Devel- opment, in operational responsibilities. Sphere Offshore Appoints Cox VP Sphere Offshore Solutions LLC, a ma- rine survey and rig moving company and member of the Signet Maritime Corpora- tion group of companies, announces theappointmentof Captain Andrew Cox as Vice President, a new position. Captain Cox is located in the company?s Houston, Texas headquarters. With a Class 1 (Mas- ter Mariner) Foreign-Going Certificate of Competency, Captain Cox has more than 20 years of experience in the marine oil and gas and rig transport service sector. Senergy Management Changes Senergy, which provides fully-inte- grated project and asset development services across the energy industry, ap- pointed Rhys Medler to the newly created role of Vice President in Quality Health Safety Security and Environment (QHSSE) and Compliance. He is joinedby Dick Hall in the position of Alterna- tive Energy and Power Engineering Global Coordinator and Tony Morton as Global Technical Head of Power Sys- tems. Over the past 12 months, Senergy has appointed 50 members of staff into new roles across the business and expects to recruit around 100 new employees in the coming year. Medler will be based in Aberdeen, while Mr Hall and Mr Mortonwill work from the US and Australia re- spectively. Michel Named President of Webb R. Keith Michel, Chairman of the Board of the Herbert Engineering Groupof Companies, was appointed President of Webb Institute, effective July 1, 2013. The appointment was made following the recently announced retirement of RADMRobert C. Olsen, Jr. USCG (Ret.), who will have filled this role for eight years. ?Keith was a natural choice for us. His professional business experience will help open doors for our students as wellas for fundraising,? said John Russell, Chair of the Search Committee. Webb also announced that, effective immediately, Mr. Michel will step down as Chairman of the Board and will be re-placed by Dr. George Campbell Jr. ?One of the many challenges to this type of transition is to make sure we maintain strong leadership at the Board level. George Campbell is the right person at the right time for this job,? said Will Jenkins, Chair of the Nominating Com-mittee. ?The fact that we were able to bring Keith Michel aboard as President and have George Campbell agree to be- come the Board Chair says a lot about thestrength of Webb.? Jaya Holdings Appoints CFO Jaya Holdings announced the appoint-ment of Chong Chow Pin as Chief Fi- nancial Officer Designate. Chong will report directly to the Chief Executive Of- ficer and be responsible for financial, treasury and all corporate services. Hesucceeds Ms Thai Kum Foon, who will step down on 31 December 2012 from the position to pursue personal interests.Chong was a scholar of Singapore?s Eco- nomic Development Board (EDB) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree ma- joring in Electrical Engineering (Honors)from the University of Illinois of Urbana- Champaign (USA). Retlif?s Poggi gets iNARTE Certification Walter A. Poggi, President and CEO of Retlif Testing Laboratories, Inc., received iNARTE certification (International As- sociation for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics, Inc.) as ?MasterEMC Design Engineer.? The certifica- tion is awarded to those who demonstrate knowledge, proficiency, education and experience in Electromagnetic Compati- bility and the employment of EMC/EMI principles in Electronics and ElectricalDesign. Poggi has long been a leadingadvocate of continuing electronics indus- try education with particular emphasis onEMC/EMI training. His accomplish-ments include authorship of EMC/EMIpublications, production of DVD training vehicles including ?EMI & The World Around Us,? as well as direction and hosting of electromagnetic interference-related training seminars.Donche-Gay to head BV Marine & Offshore Division Bureau Veritas has restructured its ma- rine and offshore activities and made a number of new key appointments. The moves follow the retirement of Bernard Anne from his position as Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of the Marine Division. The marine and off- shore activities have been merged into one Marine & Offshore Division, with a global network divided into four key areas. Philippe Donche-Gay has been ap-pointed Executive Vice-President in charge of the Marine & Offshore Divi- sion, addressing both industry segments. Nicolaisen Joins TWG TWG said that Kirk Nicolaisen hasjoined its sales team, taking on the roleof Offshore Energy Account Manager. Nicolaisen is based out of Gulfport,Miss., and brings more than 16 years ofexperience developing business and serv- ing customers in the offshore energy mar- ket. Kirk has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and has extensive experi- ence specific to winches and offshore equipment.ABS Awards $3M to Stevens Institute ABS donated $3m to Stevens Institute of Technology, which will be used to cre- ate a new civil, mechanical and naval en- gineering laboratory complex in the Davidson Laboratory. The new complex will bear the Bureau's name. Stevens will construct a 25,000-sq.-ft. facility above the historic Davidson Lab- oratory, including new laboratories criti- cal to the Stevens strategic plan. The complex will meet the research and in- structional needs of approximately 800Stevens students annually working in such areas as robotics, underwater sys- tems, land- and water-based vehicles and ocean and weather sensors. With the opening of the new complex, the former wave tank in the Davidson Laboratory will be preserved as a signif- icant historical center to educate studentsabout its importance to the development of ship design during World War II. www.stevens.edu Lawrence Joins Global Diving & Salvage Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. hired Andrew Lawrence as Salvage Engineer, based out of the corporate headquartersin Seattle, Washington. As part of the Marine Casualty Response Service Line,Mr. Lawrence will develop salvage plans, provide detailed engineering support, and assist with project management duringemergency and routine operations. Doen Enters Joint License Agreement with China Shipbuilding Doen Pacific as one of only 5 marine waterjet manufacturers in the world matching engines to 4,000kW, and CSIC, one of the two largest shipbuilding con- glomerates in China, together with itsMember WMMP, have jointly signed a li- cense agreement for the manufacture and sale of WMMPDOEN Waterjets in China. The signing ceremony took place on October 29, in Wuhan, China. Doen's latest range of 13 waterjet models, cov- ering 100kW to 4,000kW will be manu-factured and branded WMMPDOEN in China, and the Director's decision to li-NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Morton HallMedlerHarrold van der Meer MR#12 (50-57):MR Template 12/4/2012 3:45 PM Page 56