Cox Marine Adds Four to Its Leadership Team
;s facility at Shoreham-by-Sea. Gilbert joins from McLaren Automotive Ltd, where he spent over 10 years in roles including Director of Strategy, Managing Director for EMEA, and lastly Commercial Operations Director. He has also previously worked for Element Six, Volkswagen, PA Consulting and Accenture. David will be joining Cox Marine’s executive committee.Cavander has been appointed as Head of Industrial Strategy, beginning his new role last month. Cavander has joined from GKN Aerospace where he was Projects Director, overseeing the operational strategy of the Special Products Group business
TT Club Taps Blunsum as Chief Technology Officer
Kevin Blunsum as its first Chief Technology Officer.Blunsum is a highly experienced and well-respected member of the London-market insurance community. Over his 30-year career he has held a variety of positions engaged in insurance technology development and change management with Deloitte, EY, Accenture, and more recently with Aspen Insurance as Director of Business Transformation.Blunsum will be working closely with Lisa Gibbard, the recently appointed CIO of TT Club’s management company, Thomas Miller to ensure alignment with other businesses in the group. Gibbard herself has career-long
COVE Internship Project Begins Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). Their backgrounds range from a Senior Ship’s Officer with a diploma in business administration, electronics technician, environmental engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, interdisciplinary design, and electronic commerce.IBM and Accenture have donated their time and resources in a week-long orientation course for the interns prior to the project start date allowing the interns to hit the ground running on their first day. The interns will be engaged in project-based Working Integrated Learning (WIL) by virtual means, a new reality
Gibbs & Cox Hires Hobbs as Chief Information Officer
Executive of Gibbs & Cox, Inc.A cybersecurity and information technology executive, Hobbs brings 25+ years of innovative, mission-focused program leadership in cybersecurity and information technology. Prior to joining Gibbs & Cox, Inc. Hobbs served as the Director of Client Data Protection at Accenture Federal Services and as a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served in multiple information technology and cyber security leadership roles. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, the Air Force Institute of Technology, and most recently the National Defense University's Chief Information
García Joins the SENER
, he was the Managing Director at Avante Genera, the energy division of the Inveravante Group. Before that, he held senior positions in Gamesa Energía, where he was the Director of Strategic Projects and Director of Business Diversification and Development, and in Mercer Management Consulting and Accenture (as a Senior Consultant in the Strategic Consulting Department). Over the course of his career, he has been on the Board of Directors of more than 15 companies in Spain, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. He is currently a professor of Valuation and Corporate Finance
V.Group Sets Out to Transform Crewing
Marine and offshore vessel management and support services provider V.Group has engaged with management consultancy Accenture to transform its approach to crew management. Named Embark, the project seeks to develop an in-house shared services model which streamlines and optimizes key processes for V.Group’s seafarers, customers and colleagues. Embark will see the introduction of new and enhanced technology to support these shared services and digitize the shipowner and seafarer experience.For customers, Embark seeks to drive cost efficiencies and vessel performance by introducing enhanced
Rand Logistics Names Corporate VP of Procurement
Strategic Sourcing and Energy Procurement. In his leadership roles with Cliffs, he oversaw enterprise wide spend management for the company's most strategic operating expenditures, purchases and projects. His prior employment experience also includes supply chain roles with Ernst & Young LLP, Accenture Ltd., and BearingPoint Inc. Garwood holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree in Finance from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio
Hofste, Montijn Nominated to Supervisory Board Fugro
. The Supervisory Board nominates Petri Hofsté because of her broad knowledge and experience in finance, risk management, supervision and audit. She has the Dutch nationality and she holds no shares in Fugro. Mrs. A. (Anja) H. Montijn-Groenewoud (1962) has had a career of 25 years at Accenture, an integrated services provider in the areas of technology, management consulting and business process outsourcing with more than 300,000 employees worldwide. She fulfilled various national and international leadership positions, amongst others as managing partner of the Resources practice in
Little Named President at Greatland Laser
said. “In his role as President, he will be responsible for driving revenue growth, enhancing marketing and setting strategic direction for 2015 and beyond.” Little brings more than 20 years of technology and business consulting experience, most recently with Acquity Group (now part of Accenture), where he led business transformation, organizational change and digital strategy projects for a range of industries. Prior to consulting, Little began his career as an engineer with Bell Laboratories. greatlandlaser.com
Houston May Outgrow its Skilled Labor Supply
will invest in Gulf Coast petrochemical projects over the next several years. The American Chemistry Council says $113 billion is planned nationwide for new manufacturing facilities in the next decade. "Everybody is trying to do these expansions at the same time," said John Poisson of the Accenture consultancy's chemicals group. That means "acute near-term need when everybody wants to access the construction skills, the supply-chain skills, on the U.S. Gulf Coast." Despite those concerns, some companies say they would still choose the Gulf Coast over other markets because its
