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BG Group has elevated Thirty Years’ on Thursday, focus on the UK marine DNV Energy, DNV to chief 7 March. and offshore sectors, Maritime and DNV

Chris Finlayson executive and be executive and be Business Assurance.

of? cer. of? cer. responsible responsible Clay Clay

He came for ? eld He came for ? eld Viking SeaTech Survey

WilliamsWilliams has been to BG in sales of the to BG in has been sales of the has chosen

Matthew named 2010 after Pal? nger 2010 after named Pal? nger as

GordonGordon president spending range of spending president range of its general its general and chief 33 years marine 33 years and chief marine manager. manager. operating with Royal Dutch Shell. cranes, including knuckle with Royal Dutch Shell. operating cranes, including knuckle He will be He will be of? cer of National Oilwell Finlayson replaces Sir of? cer of National Oilwell boom, stiff boom, and responsible responsible

Frank Chapman , who has Varco. Williams has telescopic models, as well for the new for the new served as CEO of the BG served as the company’s as Ned Deck’s range of Survey Survey

Group since 2000. executive vice president davits and rescue boats. international business unit.international business unit.

and chief ? nancial of? cer since March 2005.

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Jephcott Jephcott Jeremy Thigpen Lamar McKay has been BP has named chief executive of has retired has retired assigned to ? ll Williams’ upstream. He will lead the exploration, upstream. He will lead the exploration, as a as a former position. and developments and production and developments and production director director divisions with the upstream strategy divisions with the upstream strategy of ROC of ROC and integration team. McKay has and integration team. McKay has Ray FrisbyRay Frisby effective (pictured effective (pictured) spent 32 years with BP. Since 2009, he spent 32 years with BP. Since 2009, he immediately. He was a immediately. He was a has been has been served as chairman and president of served as chairman and president of founding director, holding named named BP America, and recently oversaw the BP America, and recently oversaw the the post since February technical technical company’s Gulf Coast restoration efforts.company’s Gulf Coast restoration efforts.

1997. Jephcott also served director director as chairman of the Audit & for TAM for TAM

Risk committee. International. Frisby International. Frisby Stefan Stefan Eric Eric will lead development ,

Nerpin Nerpin ToogoodToogood Jr has of new technologies. has been has been Diskos Diskos David E Roberts resigned as executive vice Company subsidiary TAM named named manager manager president president Completion Systems has DNV’s new DNV’s new for the for the and chief and chief appointed group VP of group VP of Norwegian Norwegian Jim McGowin operating operating as its general manager. Petroleum Petroleum of? cer of of? cer of He will be charged with communications & communications & Directorate, Directorate, Directorate,

Marathon Marathon establishing, managing external relations. Nerpin and and

Oil. The Oil. The and growing operations will report to CEO Henrik

Espen S Espen S company company and sales for the recently O Madsen. , Rune Torhaug JohansenJohansen is promoted has not yet named a has not yet named a created entity. is promoted vice vice to MD replacement. to MD president president

Stuart Gilligan of DNV has of DNV marketing marketing

Bill Gates Research & will speak at been appointed marine Research & & commercialization – & commercialization –

Innovation. CERAWeek 2013. Gates ? eld sales engineer by Innovation. production & completion

Torhaug will open the ? rst night of Outreach, a supplier of Torhaug systems for Weatherford, has worked a two-night special session marine canes, davits and has worked have been elected to in leadership roles at entitled ‘Energy: The Next rescue cranes. Gilligan will in leadership roles at Energistics’ board. oedigital.com January 2013 | OE 77 oe_people.indd 77 03/01/2013 14:14