On The Move

1. Sentinel Subsea announcement the appointment of new Chair

Sentinel Subsea, specialists in advanced passive integrity monitoring solutions for subsea infrastructure and equipment, have announced the appointment of Ray Riddoch OBE as their new Chairman. Ray is an industry expert within the energy sector for 40 years including key leadership roles in CNOOC, Nexen Total & Elf

2. New Operations Director appointed for the 3600 MW Dogger Bankoffshore wind farm

Mark Halliday is moving from EDF Renewables where he was Offshore Operations Manager and most recently worked on the 50MW Neart na Gaoithe office wind farm project off Scotland. Mark joins the Equinor team and will be responsible for overall operations across the three phases of the wind farm.

3. Varo Energy announces the appointment of CEO

Mr Sanyal has over 30 years experience within the energy sector he will be leaving his role as Executive Vice President, Gas and Low Carbon Energy. Mr Sanyal has been a member of bp’s Executive Leadership team for over 10 years and has led bp’s gas and low carbon energy business and prior to this was Chief Executive of bp Alternative Energy as well as Executive Vice President, Asia & Europe from 2016.

4. Subsea 7 announces CFO Succession Plan

Ricardo Rosa, CFO Subsea 7 retires from his position at the end of December 2021. He will be succeeded by Mark Foley who will start on 1st January. Mark joins Subsea 7 from Petrofac where he has held the position of Group Financial Controller & SVP Finance for the Engineering & Construction business unit.

5. Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath appointed as new Executive Vice President of bp

bp announces the appointment of Anja- Isabel Dotzenrath as their new Executive Vice President, joining them in March 2022. Anja- Isabel joins bp from RWE Renewables where she held the position of CEO and has over 35 years of experience in the energy, industry and management consultancy, including the highest level in leading and transforming major renewable energy companies.

6. Coretrax appoints first Norway country manager

Coretrax, the global well integrity and production optimisation leader, has reinforced its commitment to Norway with the appointment of Arthur Stautzenberger as its first Norway country manager to lead business growth in the region.

Based in Stavanger, Mr Stautzenberger joins Coretrax from Halliburton where he most recently held the position of senior technical sales advisor – liner hangers.

7. Bob Sanguinetti joins Aberdeen Harbour as CEO

Mr Sanguinetti joins Abderdeen Harbour from UK Chamber of Shipping, and will be overseeing one of the most pivotal points in the port’s history as the £350m South Harbour expansion operation commences. The multiuse port sees more than 9,000 vessel arrivals each year and handles more than 4-million tonnes of cargo and 170,000 passengers. On completion of the expansion project, Aberdeen Harbour will be the largest berthage port in Scotland, with vessels up to 300 metres in length able to berth alongside the South Harbour quays. Mr Sanguinetti said: “The port is a vital piece of infrastructure and will play a key role in the development of offshore wind and green hydrogen production, and as the existing oil and gas industry adapts into one which is sustainable for future use.”

8. Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director at Hurricane Energy plc

Hurricane Energy plc (AIM: HUR), the UK based oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Wolfe as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect. He will chair the Audit and Risk Committee and serve as Senior Independent Director.

Mr Wolfe has 30 years' experience within the energy and utilities industry as an executive, adviser and corporate financier. Mr Wolfe has served as Chief Financial Officer of various private and listed oil and gas companies, including Phoenix Global Resources plc, an AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Argentina.

9. Kistos announces new additions to their board of directors

Kistos (LSE: KIST) is pleased to announce that Peter Mann and Richard Slape are being appointed to the board of directors with immediate effect. Peter Mann is appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Richard Slape as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Following these additions to the Board, Andrew Austin, founder of Kistos, revert to his previous role as Executive Chairman (in place of the current Interim Chairman Richard Benmore) and will step down as Interim CEO. Richard Benmore will re-assume his role as a Non-Executive Director of the Company alongside Julie Barlow and Alan Booth.

10. Online Electronics Limited appoint Gavin Duncan as Research & Development Manager

Gavin is a Chartered Electronic and Electrical Engineer with 33 years’ experience in R&D and Engineering roles and has spent 20 years working in senior management positions.

Commenting on his new role Gavin said “I am very pleased to be joining a successful innovative company like Online Electronics and leading and growing the R&D team. I am looking forward to the challenge of developing their current products and identifying new technologies that will reinforce their position in the current markets and move into and develop new markets.”

11. EV Private Equity strengthens net-zero focused advisory board with Ulrika Wising

Global energy technology investor, EV Private Equity (EV), has appointed Shell’s Ulrika Wising to its Advisory Board. Ms Wising joins a group of senior industry representatives to create a board with over 200 collective years of energy industry expertise.

Ms Wising brings insight from a varied career building businesses across the energy mix, which EV will leverage as it works to accelerate development its portfolio of sustainable energy technologies focussed on decarbonisation.

In 2019, Ms Wising joined Shell as VP of Strategy and Portfolio, where she helped establish and then subsequently chaired Shell’s first capital investment forum.

12. Tatiana Moguchaya announced as new CEO of Earth Science Analytics

Industry leading seismic data, analysis and machine learning company, Earth Science Analytics, has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Tatiana Moguchaya.

An expert in software development and strategic leadership, Tatiana has more than 15 years’ experience in both the technology and energy sectors. Her appointment marks an expansion from Earth Science Analytics’ traditional core oil and gas exploration and production market into the wider business of new energy. Prior to joining Earth Science Analytics, Tatiana worked at the Norwegian unicorn start-up, Cognite, where she was responsible for customer success and research and development.

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