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Appointment at Tullow Oil
To enhance the business, Paal Eikeseth has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Aker Solutions’ Electrification, Maintenance, and Modifications (EMM) business segment. In his new role, Mr Eikeseth will be part of the company’s executive management team, reporting to CEO Kjetel Digre. In the last years, Mr Eikeseth has held various senior management positions within Aker Solutions. He previously worked at PwC for several years.
Tullow Oil has appointed Jonathan Swinney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as Executive Director of Tullow. Mr Swinney is currently CFO of EnQuest and will join Tullow later this year. Until then, Richard Miller, Group Financial Controller, will act as interim CFO. Mr Swinney brings extensive oil & gas and capital markets experience to Tullow having served as EnQuest’s founding CFO since 2010. He is a chartered accountant and a qualified solicitor.
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Appointment at Vikand
Stephen Schueler Advisory Board Director
Global Healthcare specialist Vikand has appointed Stephen Schueler as new Director to its Advisory Board. Mr Schueler is Chairman of European Maritime Finance, InerFuel, and CEO of Enerjen Capital. He has extensive experience in advising companies in the maritime, finance, technology and supply chain sectors. Mr Schueler’s previous roles include working at A.P. Moller-Maersk as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Retail Sales and Marketing at Microsoft and he started his career at Procter and Gamble.
Appointment at CSA Ocean Sciences CSA Ocean Sciences, a marine environmental consulting and survey company, has expanded its Offshore Energy team with the appointment of Dr Shane Abeare to the position of Project Scientist-Offshore Energy, based out of CSA’s US headquarters in Stuart, Florida. Dr Abeare will support CSA’s scientific and operational activities in a range of multidisciplinary marine projects in the US and internationally, particularly those serving offshore oil, gas, and wind clients.
Shane Abeare Project Scientist Offshore Energy
Appointment at Fulkrum
Marco André Vandelli Guanaes General Manager South America
Fulkrum has announced the appointment of Marco André Vandelli Guanaes as the South American General Manager to support the company’s ongoing expansion strategy in Latin America. With over 25 years’ experience working for key leaders in the energy industry, Mr Vandelli Guanaes spent fifteen years at multinational oil & gas company Shell. His experience working as a consultant and managing initiatives for major governing bodies across Latin America including Paraguay, Uruguay, Cuba, and Brazil, has positioned him as an esteemed expert within the sector.
Appointment at CSignum
Mark Rhodes Chief Technical Officer
Appointment at Westwood Global Energy Group
Teresa Wilkie Research Director
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Westwood Global Energy Group has appointed Aberdeen-based Teresa Wilkie to its RigLogix team as Research Director. With over a decade of experience under her belt as an analyst and product manager in the energy industry, Ms Wilkie is returning to Westwood following a previous four-year tenure working across the suite of rig intelligence services. Alongside her legacy with the Group, she will also bring considerable expertise from her time at IHS Markit and Esgian (Bassoe Offshore).
Mark Rhodes has been appointed as CSignum’s Chief Technical Officer. A former founding employee and VP Technology for WFS Technologies, Mr Rhodes was the author of over 40 revolutionary patents associated with underwater radio technology and its antenna design. He joins CSignum from SKF Conditioning Monitoring. As SKF’s wireless sensor Technical Lead, he was responsible for designing sensor systems that gathered vibration conditioning monitoring data and implemented embedded software for front-end processing.
Appointment at Fotech
Joyce Lamy Strategic Partnerships Manager
Fotech has appointed Joyce Lamy as Strategic Partnerships Manager. This role has been newly created as part of the company’s commitment to developing strategic partnerships and alliances. Ms Lamy has over 20 years of experience in the telecoms, IT, and renewables sectors, where she held similar roles at Cisco, AT&T, and Renewable Energy Storage Solutions. In her new role, Ms Lamy will be responsible for defining and implementing Fotech’s partnership strategy and structure, as well as creating the framework that will enable scale-up of the company’s ecosystem. OSI 2022 | Vo l u me 15 | I s s u e 21 | 4 5
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