People

Graham Brown Managing Director

Kjetil M. Ebbesberg Group Chief Financial Officer

Joost Heemskerk CCO

Marc van Heyningen COO

Effective 1 April, Sonardyne International has announced Graham Brown as its new Managing Director. Mr Brown has served on Sonardyne International’s board from 2008, most recently as Sales and Marketing Director and Deputy Managing Director. Mr Brown, who holds a degree and PhD in electromechanical engineering, is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology. appointment at SONARDYNE

appointment at DNV GL Kjetil M. Ebbesberg was appointed as new Group CFO in DNV GL and will succeed Thomas Vogth-Eriksen, who will become Director, Certification Division in DNV GL - Business Assurance. Mr. Ebbesberg holds a Master’s degree in business economics and previously held the position of Executive Vice President at Hydro Rolled Products. He will join DNV GL on 1 April 2020 and take up the Group CFO position as of 1 July 2020. As of 1 June, Joost Heemskerk will succeed Michel Kurstjens as CCO of Sif Group. Mr Heemskerk has previously worked at 2B Energy and has held various commercial positions at SBM Offshore for the past eight years, where he is currently in the position of Business Acquisition Director, with a focus on floating wind solutions. He studied civil and offshore engineering. appointment at SIF GROUP

appointment at DAMEN SHIPYARDS GROUP As of 1 April, Marc van Heyningen has become the new Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Damen Shipyards Group. Mr Van Heyningen has a MSc in Civil Structural Engineering and has previously held various general and operations management positions at Fluor Corporation. Mr Van Heyningen succeeds JanWim Dekker, who started as Chief Commercial Officer on 1 January.

Ron Krisanda Executive Chairman

Hiroaki Sakashita President and CEO

Alexandra Thomas UK Managing Director

Christoph Zipf Press and Communications Manager

appointment at SURVITEC Survitec has appointed Ron Krisanda as Executive Chairman. Mr Krisanda will drive a comprehensive strategic plan to focus on customer needs and profitable growth. In this newly created role, he will lead both the Survitec Board of Directors and the Executive Management Team. Mr Krisanda has extensive experience in the global manufacturing and service businesses.

appointment at CLASSNK Current Senior Executive Vice President Hiroaki Sakashita has been appointed as President & CEO as well as a Representative Director of classification society ClassNK, effective 18 March 2020. Mr Sakashita holds a Bachelor’s degree in naval architecture and ocean engineering and started his career at Japan’s Ministry of Transport. He has also held the position of Director-General of the Maritime Bureau and Deputy Minister for Technical Affairs.

appointment at NEPTUNE ENERGY Alexandra Thomas joins Neptune from Tullow Oil, where she most recently held the position of Head of Exploration, Development and Commercial for Ghana. Ms Thomas holds a PhD in Applied Fluids Dynamics and a First Class Master of Physics with Honours from the University of Edinburgh and has eighteen years’ experience in the oil & gas sector. She started her career with assignments with both Shell and Equinor before joining Tullow.

appointment at WINDEUROPE As of 1 March, Christoph Zipf has taken over the position of Press and Communication Manager at WindEurope. WindEurope, an association with over 400 members active in 50 countries, is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting wind power in Europe and worldwide. Mr Zipf has previously worked as Press Spokesperson for the German Wind Energy Association BWE. He will be the main contact person for all press-related matters.