M² Subsea Taps Imrie to Lead Sales and Marketing
M² Subsea has appointed Andrew Imrie as global sales and marketing director. With a career spanning more than 20 years in the global oil and gas industry, Imrie joins M² Subsea from Ampelmann where he was commercial director, based in the Netherlands. Prior to this, he held a number of senior roles with Proserv, Amec, GE Oil & Gas and National Oilwell Varco. His broad industry experience, coupled with his strong commercial track record has seen him develop new and profitable business opportunities throughout his career. As global sales and marketing director, Imrie
Subsea NE Names Heppenstall Regional Chairman
The regional advocacy group for the North-east of England’s subsea sector has appointed Bruce Heppenstall as its new chairman, taking over the reins of Subsea North East from Andrew Hodgson. CEO of BEL Valves and former general manager for the GE Oil & Gas Wellstream division, Heppenstall will be tasked with promoting the North-east sector on a global scale to maximize opportunities, while working with Subsea UK, the national industry body to provide a forum for collaboration, diversification and technology development. With the region’s subsea sector
Corbin Joins Sparrows Group as European Director
Sparrows Group has appointed Matt Corbin as its regional operations director for the UK and Europe to support the company’s continued growth in the oil and gas, renewables and industrial sectors. Corbin, who has more than 20 years’ experience working in the oil and gas industry, has held several leadership positions including UK managing director for the subsea division of Aker Solutions and UK regional general manger for GE Oil & Gas. Most recently, he was supply chain consultant to the UK Government’s regulatory body, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and
ESS Appoints Gillespie as Managing Director
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has appointed Mark Gillespie as managing director. Gillespie has more than 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, holding senior technical, commercial and contractual management roles in Technip, CSL, GE Oil & Gas, Centrica and Talisman. More recently he was managing director of Aberdeen-based engineering and project management consultancy PDi Ltd. ESS founder Mike Wilson said the appointment strengthens the management team and introduces new skills needed to accelerate the business through the next level of growth. As Chairman, Wilson
Kristensen to Head Ulstein Design and Solutions
the helm as the new managing director at Ulstein Design and Solutions AS starting in January 2016. Kristensen will also enter into the role as COO for the Design & Solutions business area, and be one of the executives in the group management of Ulstein Group ASA. Kristensen joins Ulstein from GE Oil & Gas Nordics, where she was managing director for five years. Prior to this, she was managing director for two companies in the Aker system. Kristensen holds an MSc from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Instritute of Naval Architecture and Marine Technology
EV Appoints Casavantes VP of Marketing
solutions currently on offer to our rapidly expanding customer base.” Casavantes, originally from Mexico, began his career as a wireline logging field engineer with Schlumberger where he gained technical and operational experience through various global assignments. During his time in the oil and gas industry, he has also held operations, product line, business development, marketing and commercial management roles within various companies, including Geolink (UK) Ltd., Sondex Wireline Ltd. and most recently, GE Oil & Gas, where he was global sales director for itsDownhole Technology
