KeyFacts Energy provides the following 'at-a-glance' review covering energy professionals on the move over the last week.

• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Grant Shapps as the new energy and net zero secretary in a shake-up of government departments.
• Barryroe Offshore Energy has appointed interim chief executive Alan Curran to the role permanently.
• Colin Christie has been selected as Barryroe Offshore Energy's new Chief Financial Officer after joining the business in November as a finance advisor.
• Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia, has joined the Board of Trustees of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).
• Warrego Energy has appointed Ian Plimer, Gerhardus Veldsman and Stuart Johnston as nominee Directors of the company, with immediate effect.
• Ian Hunter has started a new position as Pursuit and Capture Lead at Enovate Systems Limited.
• From February 1st, Jakob Korsgaard was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Odfjell Drilling AS.
• Jon Nicholls is starting a new position as Sales Manager Offshore Wind at PGS New Energy.
• Mark Dolman has joined EnerMech in the newly created Global Workforce Planning & Resourcing Manager role.
• EnerMech announced the addition of Mohd Kamal Bin Sapie as a Technical Specialist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Ørsted has appointed Biden-Harris aide Dr. Varun Sivaram as Group SVP.
• Samantha Mitchell has recently joined the Ashtead Technology team following the completion of the acquisition of Hiretech in December 2022.
• AREG CEO David Rodger will be stepping down from his role at the end of March. 
• ASCO has promoted Craig Revie to the new post of General Manager – Specialist Services to provide a streamlined service by combining several business lines into one unit.
• Wärtsilä has appointed Saara Tahvanainen as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications and member of Board of Management. 
• Paul Stone Gaicd has joined io as VP Asia Pacific, based in their Perth office.
• American Electric Power has named Emily J. Duncan senior vice president, Federal Affairs.
• Heliogen has appointed Christie Obiaya as Chief Executive Officer and added Ms. Obiaya to the board of directors, effective immediately.
• Altus Power has appointed Sophia Lee as Chief Sustainability Officer.
• TDI announced that Paul Walker will lead its geotechnical, geochemical and environmental labs as Director of Laboratory Operations.
• Chevron Malaysia has appointed Dean Gilbert as their new country chairman.
• Elitania Mancini is starting a new position as a Completions Engineer at Chevron.
• Hossen Bujang has joined Shell as a Production Team Lead.
• Iberdrola has decided to integrate all its business activities in Germany into a new company focusing on the operation of large renewable energy facilities and the provision of energy transition services to businesses. The new fully-owned unit, Iberdrola Deutschland, will be led by Felipe Montero as chief executive officer.
• Stephen Burrows is has joined the Solab team, taking on the role of PowerBI Developer.
• Venterra Group announced the appointment of three senior executives to drive its global business development. Paul Alcock becomes Group Business Development Director based in London, Scott Anderson is appointed as Vice President, Asia Pacific and Drew Carey as Vice President, Americas. 
• Richard Worden, Professor at University of Liverpool, is starting a new position as Non-Executive Director at Titan Electricity.
• Venterra Group are putting a strong new team in place to coordinate our global expansion. Paul Alcock leads Group Business Development with Scott Anderson leading APAC and Drew Carey covering Americas.
• Greig Douglas has started a new role as Training & Compliance Lead at AISUS.
• James Fisher and Sons have appointed Neil Sims as their new Head of Energy, overseeing the Group’s energy capabilities, specialist services and products. 
• Érin McLeod is starting a new position as Supply Chain & Stakeholder Coordinator at Fred. Olsen Seawind.
• George Barnes and Andrew Stone have joined STRYDE as expert geophysicists in their growing seismic data processing team.

KeyFacts Energy news: People on the Move 

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