Hesse Takes the Engineering Lead at FSG Shipyard
of March 1, 2021, when Volker Hesse takes over the job. Hesse (47) is a mechanical engineer who began his career around 20 years ago at Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. Since then, he has held various positions in project management up to and including Head of Product Management at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ surface vessel unit. Since 2018, Hesse has been involved in the development and orientation of a consulting company as co-founder and managing partner. “Our goal is to diversify FSG and increasingly enter into the construction of support vessels and escort ships for the
Vivek Bhatia New CEO of Thyssenkrupp AsiaPac
and Vietnam. thyssenkrupp generated sales of €2.0 billion with customers in the region in the past 2014/15 fiscal year and employs more than 4,100 people there. The shipyard of ThyssenKrupp is an expert in the design and construction of non-nuclear submarines than ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with its Operating Unit Submarines (Kiel). The Operating Unit partners the German Navy and has also delivered submarines for coastal and blue water deployment to the navies of 19 other countries.