ON THE MOVE

1. Ara Partners Appoints Industrial Advisor

Investment firm Ara Partners have appointed Sarah Kent as an Industrial Partner. Sarah was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Kentech Group where she successfully moved the company from a family owned operation to having a private equity partner, building Kentech’s global footprint and forming a resilient platform for growth. Prior to Kentech, she held senior roles with American Express, Keycorp and RSA.

Sarah Kent, Ara Partners

2. Pinsent Masons Hires Prominent Energy Partner in Aberdeen

Pinsent Masons has announced the appointment of Bruce McLeod as a Partner within the firm’s global energy practice oil and gas team. Bruce joins from Burness Paull after spending over 17 years with the company, building an extensive track-record advising on oil and gas infrastructure and merger and acquisition negotiations, including being central to a number of innovative deals particularly in the United Kingdom and Egypt.

Bruce McLeod, Pinsent Masons

3. Petrofac Appoints Oman Country Manager

Petrofac has appointed Khalid Al Jahwari as Country Manager for Oman. He holds significant leadership experience, most recently as Shell’s General Manager of Operations in Egypt, having previously been Shell’s Global Production Excellence Leader, based in The Netherlands. Before Shell, he spent 15 years with Petroleum Development Oman, working in technical, commercial and management roles across the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Dr Khalid AI Jahwan, Petrofac

4. AGR Names Well Engineering Manager

AGR has appointed Matt Street to the position of Well Engineering Manager. Matt previously worked with AGR as an independent consultant managing a number of major well management contracts successfully delivered by the organisation. These included several deepwater drilling campaigns in West Africa and the West of Shetland, frontier exploration drilling in the Caribbean Sea, and various decommissioning projects both in the North Sea and further afield.

Matt Street, AGR

5. Total New Energies Appoint New Mobility and Marketing Executive

TotalEnergies has appointed Karine Boissy- Rousseau as Senior Vice President for New Mobility and Marketing. She joins from Air Liquide and most recently served as President of Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy where she led the development and expansion of the company’s position in hydrogen for transport in North America. Prior to this, Karine was Managing Director for Air Liquide Benelux Industries in Belgium.

Karine Boissy-Rousseau, TotalEnergies

6. Tendeka Appoint New Chief Technology Officer

Tendeka has appointed Jonathan Abbott as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer to drive its next generation of products and systems.

He was most recently with Schlumberger where he spent over 18 years and brings substantial experience in operations, sales, technical support, product development and project management.

Jonathan Abott, Tendeka

7. Clean Harbors Makes Board Appointment

Clean Harbors has announced the appointment of Marcy Reed to the company’s board of directors. Marcy was with National Grid and its predecessor companies for over 30 years. She served in a number of roles including as Head of Investor Relations, Senior Vice President Business Services, Senior Vice President Finance, And Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs before being named president of National Grid’s Massachusetts business and Executive Vice President Policy and Social Impact. She currently serves as an Independent Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and is on the board of Northeastern University, chairing the audit committees of both entities. She also is a Board Member of Qualus, a private equity backed electric power engineering company.

Marcy Reed, Clean Harbors

8. Global Underwater Hub Appoints Its First Chair

Global Underwater Hub, a newly formed subsea industry organisation, has appointed Andrew Hodgson as Chair. Andrew is the former Chief Executive Officer of subsea engineering firm Soil Machine Dynamics where he successfully diversified the company from an almost 80% oil and gas focus to more than 80% revenues in other sectors whilst significantly growing the business. His experience also encompasses senior financial and strategy roles in the aerospace industry with BAE, Airbus and Spirit AeroSystems. Additionally, Andrew has served as Chair of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership and has won a number of business accolades including the Queen’s Award for Industry three times and was awarded an OBE for Services to Manufacturing and the North East of England Economy.

Andrew Hodgson, Global Underwater Hub

9. Leading Renewable Energy Leader Joins BP’s Gas and Low Carbon Business

BP have announced the appointment of Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath as the new Executive Vice President for Gas and Low Carbon Energy. Anja brings substantial experience from within energy industry and management consultancies. She joins BP from RWE Renewables where she most recently served as Chief Executive Officer. During her time here she led the development of the business into one of the world’s largest renewable power companies and the second largest offshore wind player globally, integrating the renewables businesses of E.ON and Innogy into RWE to form RWE Renewables. Prior to this, she led E.ON’s Climate and Renewables business as Chief Executive and previously Chief Operating Officer.

Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, BP

10. Top Aberdeen scientist Appointed to First Minister’s New Environment Council

Pete Smith, professor of soils and global change at Aberdeen University’s institute of biological and environmental sciences, has been appointed to a new group of international experts who will advise the Scottish Government on the environment. The team will advise the Scottish Government on issues like marine resources, waste, biodiversity, climate change, and the transition away from dependency on fossil fuels. Pete’s main areas of expertise include modelling greenhouse gas mitigation, bioenergy and greenhouse gas removal technology. He also studies how different kinds of soil can be used to capture carbon and slow down climate change.

Pete Smith, Scottish Government

11. VARO Energy announces appointment of former BP Leader as Chief Executive Officer

VARO Energy, the European energy firm backed by Carlyle and Vitol, has announced that Dev Sanyal has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dev will oversee the company's next chapter of growth as VARO evolves its business in the context of the energy transition.

Dev joins from BP where he most recently held the role of Chief Executive Alternative Energy. He also led BP's gas and low carbon business globally where he led the company’s pivot to low carbon energy with the creation of Europe's largest solar company, Lightsource as well as the world's second largest sustainable bioenergy company, Bunge.

Dev Sanyal, VARO Energy

12. Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute has announced the appointment of Jarad Daniels as the Institute’s new Chief Executive Officer. Jarad has had a distinguished career with the United States Department of Energy, most recently as Director Office of Strategic Planning, Analysis and Engagement.

Jarad has considerable experience within the carbon capture, climate change and clean energy technologies space. He has worked with many countries and organisations on technology development and deployment and government policy.

Jarad Daniels, The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute

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