December roundup of staff appointments in the upstream oil and gas industry

Colin Ferguson, Country Manager, DOF Subsea Angola
DOF Subsea, a leading provider of subsea services to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Colin Ferguson as country manager for Angola. As part of his position, Colin will focus on enhancing the company’s profile and business potential in Angola. Training and development for personnel and monitoring the financial and health and safety performance will also be key aspects of Colin’s role.

Simon Rogers, Managing Director, Yokogawa
Control systems specialist Yokogawa has appointed Simon Rogers as its new Managing Director. Rogers will help to help extend Yokogawa's focus on process control and safety systems success in the oil and gas sector.

Ken Winn, Site Director at Coleford, SPP Pumps
SPP Pumps is proud to announce that ex-Siemens executive Ken Winn has been appointed Site Director at Coleford, taking over the role of retiring chief, Terry Newby.

Rob Jones, Consultant, ENVIRON
International environmental, health, safety and sustainability consultancy ENVIRON has appointed Rob Jones as a Consultant to strengthen the firm’s UK and European technical expertise and increase business opportunities in the unconventional oil and gas sector, in particular shale gas and hydraulic fracturing.

Eivind Vethe, Business Development Manager, Pulse Structural Monitoring
Pulse Structural Monitoring, an Acteon company, has appointed Eivind Vethe as Business Development Manager in Norway. His appointment coincides with the opening of a new Bergen office to extend Pulse’s presence in the Norwegian market and enable the company to offer enhanced local support.

Paul G. Adams, Regional Technical Sales Manager, Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS)
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides pile- and conductor-driving services to the marine construction and oil and gas industries, has announced that it has appointed Paul G. Adams to the newly-created position of Regional Technical Sales Manager for the Americas region.

Mike Yeager, Chairman, Operations Review Board, Cairn India Ltd
Cairn India Limited (CIL), one of the 20-largest independent oil exploration and production companies in the world, has announced the appointment of Mike Yeager, former CEO of the global petroleum business at BHP Billiton, as Chairman, Operations Review Board at Cairn India Ltd.

Mike will work closely with the Cairn management team to deploy the best global technology and practices to unlock the full potential of the world class Rajasthan block and other existing assets and steer their efficient development.

Moss Daemi, Director of Middle East, India and North Africa Division, DNV GL Oil & Gas
DNV GL Oil & Gas has appointed Moss Daemi as the Director of its Middle East, India and North Africa Division. The Middle East, India and North Africa region, which accounts for over half the world’s proven oil reserves and more than one third of the world’s gas reserves, has energy high on its agenda and carries a great vision for its overall social and economic development. Nevertheless, this does not come without challenges and the region’s oil and gas industry is facing an increasingly complex geography, high reservoir temperature and pressure, sour gas and unconventional gas.

Brent Nixon, President and CEO, CTLGroup
CTLGroup, a global expert engineering consulting and materials science firm, is pleased to announce Brent Nixon, Ph.D., P.E., as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer.

Greg McCracken, Chief Financial Officer, Geotrace
Geotrace, a global reservoir services company focused on achieving high resolution E&P solutions for the oil and gas industry, has announced the promotion of Greg McCracken (from Sugarland) from Vice President, Corporate Finance to Chief Financial Officer.

Michael Green, Business Development Manager, Jee Ltd
Jee Ltd, a leading independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training company, has appointed Michael Green as a new Business Development Manager to join the growing business development team.

Within Jee’s international scope, Michael will concentrate on concept, FEED, and detailed design projects within London and southeast England, the Netherlands and Paris, with particular focus on multi-well tiebacks, FPSOs, ILI and pigging projects.

Louise Cornelia, HR Manager, ABB Consulting
Technical consulting and engineering services provider ABB Consulting has appointed Louise Cornelia as new HR Manager to head up its UK personnel operations.

ABB Consulting is currently looking to recruit skilled, experienced people from a number of disciplines such as process engineering, inspection and hazard and operability (HAZOP). The business is growing, providing great recruitment and career development opportunities.

3 Sales Manager appointments at Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings
Global specialist industrial coatings supplier, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings is pleased to announce a number of key commercial appointments which strengthen support for customers in Germany. Michael Wiese joins Sherwin-Williams as Area Sales Manager – North Germany; Ralph Hirtz also joins the business as Area Sales Manager – South West Germany; and Lukas Rieger joins in the capacity of Area Sales Manager – South East Germany.

Robert Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Redline Communications Group Inc.
Redline Communications Group Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless solutions and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications for oil and gas and other industrial markets, has announced that its board of directors has appointed Robert Williams to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of the corporation. Williams has been serving as interim CEO since August 2013.

Callum Morrison, Senior Project Engineer and John McCoubrey, Business Development Manager, Omega Completion Technology
As part of its ambitious growth plans, Omega Completion Technology has appointed a senior project engineer and business development manager at its headquarters in Aberdeen. Callum Morrison has joined Omega as a Senior Project Engineer from Weatherford and John McCoubrey has taken up the post of Business Development Manager.

Expansion of Aberdeen office for Jee Ltd
Independent subsea engineering and training company Jee Ltd has announced the expansion of its Aberdeen office as part of the firm’s vision for strategic growth, with the potential of increasing staff numbers by 110% in Aberdeen city and Shire.

The new ‘Subsea Corridor’ premises are more than double the size of the previous Westhill office, with the capacity for 60 staff and can provide project office support for operator or contractor personnel.

Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK, Malcolm Webb, commented: “The UKCS is undoubtedly one of the most mature offshore basins in the world and therefore faces unique challenges. Lifetime Extension projects such as those undertaken by Jee are vital to ensure the maximum economic recovery of the UK’s remaining oil and gas resource.

Edited from various sources by Cecilia Rehn

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