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Left to right: Ian Morgan, Andrew Bailey and Tim White

High-profile appointments at McLaren

AS further strengthening of the McLaren GT technical team, and as part of the strategy to accommodate the expanding operations, the British race car manufacturer is announcing three high profile appointments. Andrew Bailey moves to the role of operations director, Ian Morgan joins as chief engineer and Tim White takes up the position of engine operations manager. Andrew Bailey makes the move from the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team. Ian Morgan joins McLaren GT following his recent position at Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team as head of Racing Engineering. Tim White brings more than 25 years of experience in top level motorsport, having held senior positions in several leading motor sports and engineering companies including Ilmor Engineering, Mercedes Benz HPE and Red Bull Technologies.

SCHAD appoints Chief Technology Officer

SCHAD Ltd, the engineering mobility specialist, has further enhanced its leadership team with the appointment of Oliver Sturrock as chief technology officer. Responsible for the continued development of EXTEND7000, SCHAD’s mobile SCADA and maintenance application, Oliver Sturrock leads a team of mobile developers based in the UK and Germany.

Oliver Sturrock is a highly successful entrepreneur and has 12 years’ experience building teams supporting the creation of mobile applications.

Esa Hyvärinen appointed as vice president, Corporate Relations, at Fortum

Esa Hyvärinen, M.Sc (Econ), M.Sc (For), has been appointed as vice-president, Corporate Relations. Corporate Relations’ responsibility area covers both International Affairs and Hyvärinen’s earlier responsibility area, Public Affairs.

Corporate Relations monitors the political and regulatory changes in all Fortum’s operating areas and in the EU. It also brings Fortum’s views on these changes to political decision-making arenas. Esa Hyvärinen will report to Tapio Kuula, president and CEO of Fortum Corporation.

New SOURIAU CEO

Jean-Luc Gavelle, former chief operating officer of Switzerland-based HUBER+SUHNER’s Radio-Frequency division and member of executive group management, is the new CEO of SOURIAU. He has 28 years of industry experience in electronics and connection solutions. François CALVARIN, the former CEO, introduced Jean-Luc Gavelle to SOURIAU, saying, “Jean-Luc has the business savvy and intelligence to continue SOURIAU’s success and while I admit I will miss being a part of the progress, I know I am leaving the business in good hands.”

SOURIAU designs, manufactures and markets high performance- high reliability interconnect solutions for severe environments.

New chairman for Element Six

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, has appointed De Beers Group CEO Philippe Mellier as chairman. The appointment reflects the position of Element Six as a core business within the De Beers Group.

Mr Mellier joined De Beers in July 2011, and has since overseen a strategic review of the business and its integration into the Anglo American plc Group. Anglo American acquired the Oppenheimer family’s 40% shareholding in De Beers in August 2012, bringing its shareholding in De Beers to 85%.

Prior to joining De Beers, Mr Mellier was president of Alstom Transport and executive vice-president of Alstom s.a.