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EXECUTIVES On the Move

OpedalSchornNauen HoskingBøhn Gattei

Pouroulis Hetland Holliday Galloway Ridder OlsenSøe-Jensen

Equinor appointed Anders Opedal as its new president and CEO starting

November 2, 2020. He succeeds Eldar

Sætre, who will retire after six years as

CEO and more than 40 years in the company.

Borr Drilling appointed former Sch-

Digre Eikrem Kawash Hall lumberger EVP Patrick Schorn as its new CEO effective September 8, 2020. ness branch called “developer of offshore South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

wind,” and has appointed Olav Hetland

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy ap- as Director Offshore Wind Farms. Aker Solutions will merge with Kvaerner pointed Andreas Nauen, head of the appointing Kjetel Digre as its new CEO company’s offshore activities, as CEO Harvey Gulf International Marine ap- to replace Louis Araujo from August replacing Markus Tacke. pointed Ed Galloway to manage Harvey 1. Idar Eikrem, CFO of Kvaerner, has

Subsea Services. been appointed CFO of Aker Solutions.

Karoon Energy said that its founder and Aker Solutions also will spin off its re-

CEO Robert Hosking would step down Maersk Drilling’s CFO Jesper Ridder newable and CCS tech business into after 16 years at the helm. Olsen will step down by January 2021. two companies. The offshore wind spin- off will be headed by Astrid Onsum as

Axxis Geo Solutions appointed Ronny Bladt appointed Anders Søe-Jensen, CEO, while Aker Carbon Capture will

Bøhn as CEO. the former head of both Vestas Offshore be led by Valborg Lundergarrd.

Wind and GE Offshore Wind, as its

Eni named Francesco Gattei as its CFO. new CEO. McDermott International Ltd. appoint- ed Tareq Kawash as SVP for its Europe,

Chariot Oil & Gas said its CEO Larry Vattenfall’s President and CEO Magnus Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Bottomley had stepped down. Adonis Hall has decided to leave the company

Pouroulis, Non-Executive Director and after nearly six years in the position. UK-focused Hurricane Energy said its founder, takes over as acting CEO. CEO Robert Trice had resigned. He

Lloyd’s Register appointed Mike Holli- will be replaced by Beverley Smith, who

Ocean Installer established a new busi- day as Marine & Offshore president for has been appointed Interim CEO. 46 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM