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Bollinger Bollinger Kvaerner BSM TOTE Maxwell Chiarello Thomas Loken Eymard Battaglia

Obituary: Robert Maxwell, MD, BSM Singapore RH Taps Bannerman to Head Americas Group, effective as of May 1, 2018. He will be based

BSM announced the passing of Robert (Bob) Max- Radio Holland Group appointed Philip Bannerman in Espoo, Finland, and report to Tomi Gardemeister, well, Managing Director of the Singapore of? ce. Bob as Regional Director Americas. Bannerman will be President and CEO of Evac Group.

passed away on Monday, 26th March after a long based at the RH regional head of? ce in Houston and Valkonen has more than 20 years’ experience in vari- struggle with cancer. Bob trained as a Mechanical En- will be responsible for all of? ces and activities of Ra- ous ? nancial roles. Previously, he has worked as the gineer at Southampton College of Higher Education. dio Holland in the Americas region, being USA, Can- CFO at HKScan Group and CFO at CPS Color Group.

He started his career at sea in 1988 as a 2nd Engineer ada, Curaçao, Panama, Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago.

and in 1993 became a Chief Engineer of? cer sailing on Comer to Step Down from Lead at SAi bulk carriers ranging from 149,000 to 186,000 tonnes. Ozegowski Named CEO at Atlas Elektronik Ship Architects, Inc. (SAi) announces its current

A few years later, in 1996, he joined Hanseatic Ship- Michael Ozegowski, 52, has been appointed the new Principal Naval Architect, Joseph H. Comer is step- ping as a Chief Engineer sailing on large container- Speaker of the Management Board and Chief Execu- ping down and turning over the leadership position to ships and gas carriers. After a succession of roles of tive Of? cer of Atlas Elektronik GmbH with effect of Altug Basaran, P.E., its current Director of Operations. increasing seniority, Bob was appointed Managing Di- May 1, 2018. He succeeds Dr. Jens Bodo Koch who is rector of BSM Singapore in 2014. to become CEO of Heckler & Koch Group. Darling, Parker Join Tidewater Tidewater has strengthened its management team

TOTE President Chiarello to Retire Valkonen Named CFO of Evac Group with the appointments of David Darling as VP and

TOTE Inc. president and CEO Anthony Chiarello Tuomo Valkonen, M.Sc. (Econ), has been appoint- Chief Human Resources Of? cer and Mark Parker as will retire this summer after eight years at the helm ed as the new Chief Financial Of? cer (CFO), Evac Vice President, Corporate Taxation. and nearly four decades in the maritime industry.

Thomas Named VP Pricing, Contracts at HII

Huntington Ingalls Industries said that Christie

Thomas was promoted to vice president of contracts and pricing at its Newport News Shipbuilding divi- sion. She will succeed Tom Johnston, who will retire on April 1. Thomas will have overall responsibility for contracts, pricing, and export/import licensing and 3030 E. Pershing St.

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Løken Named CEO at Kvaerner [email protected]

Karl-Petter Løken has been appointed President and CEO for the international contracting company www.appletonmarine.com

Kvaerner. Løken succeeds Jan Arve Haugan, who left

Kvaerner for a position at Aker Energy.

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Bollinger Promotes Eymard, Battaglia

Booth # 3039

Bollinger Shipyards President announced the promo- tions Jerome Eymard to the position of Director of Hu- man Resources, and Rachael Battaglia to the position of General Counsel.

Stolt-Nielsen Names Grüner-Hegge CFO

Stolt-Nielsen Limited announced Jens F. Grüner-

Hegge has been appointed as its new Chief Financial

Of? cer, effective from April 2, 2018. Grüner-Hegge, who has served as Vice President, Corporate Finance since 2007, succeeds longtime CFO Jan Chr. Engel- hardtsen, who will retire from his executive role and has been appointed to ? ll a vacancy on the company’s board of directors.

Edvardsen Takes the Helm at VesselMan

VesselMan announced the appointment of Glenn Ed- vardsen as its new CEO effective March 1, 2018. Prior to joining VesselMan, Edvardsen held a position of VP and Head of shipping at StormGeo. www.marinelink.com 47

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