Congratulations to the following energy professionals who have recently secured new positions in the E&P, renewable, service and industry organization sectors:

Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) has appointed Claire Mack as co-chair.

The Government has announced that Dan McGrail, currently CEO of RenewableUK, will be taking the role of interim CEO of Great British Energy.

Gary Stuart is starting a new position as Business Development Manager - Connector Products at Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd.

Upland Resources has announced the appointment of Dr. Razak Damit as a Non-Executive Director to the Board, effective immediately.

Keelan Adamson has been chosen to be Transocean's new chief executive, stepping up from his current position as chief operating officer.

Dr. Gabriël Clemens stepped down, effective 12 February, as E.ON Energy Projects GmbH’s representative in Horisont Energi AS and consequently as Chair of the Board. Dr. Clemens will leave E.ON to take up the position as CEO of MVV Energie AG, Mannheim, from April 1, 2025.

E.ON Energy Projects GmbH has appointed Frode Sigurd Berg to the board in Horisont Energi AS, effective 12 February 2025.

Imperial Oil's board of directors has approved the appointment of John Whelan as president, effective April 1, 2025. At the conclusion of the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 8, 2025, Mr. Whelan will assume the role of chairman, president and CEO of Imperial Oil

Scott Qua is starting a new position as Safety Recruitment Partner at Safety Consulting Group.

John Wood Group announces that Arvind Balan, Chief Financial Officer (‘CFO’), has tendered his resignation and the Board have accepted this with immediate effect.

Carel Hooijkaas has taken the role of EVP Operations in TGS.

Steve Taylor is starting a new position as Managing Director at IAS International Oil & Gas Consultants DMCC.

Oilserv Limited has announced the appointment of Kenechukwu Nwangwu as Managing Director, effective February 3, 2025.

MapStand welcomes Sharon Mwanzia as their new GIS Analyst and a recent master's graduate in Applied GIS from The University of Sheffield.

MapStand have appointed Ali Awad as their new Senior Geospatial Data Analyst.

Energean announces that Amy Lashinsky has resigned her position as Non-Executive Director, effective 28 February 2025.

Oskar Tveit joins Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) as general manager in Norway. 

Prospera Energy announces that the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Samuel David, is no longer employed with the company, effective immediately. 

Modec has announced the appointment of Ryoji Mitani as Executive Officer, CCO (Chief Compliance Officer) and Head of Information Technology subject to the approval at the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders to be held on March 27, 2025.

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has announced the appointment of Eva Soto Pérez as engineering services general manager.

WSP has appointed Chris Cowland as head of offshore wind for the UK and Ireland.

Doris Reiter, bp’s Senior Vice President North Sea succeeds Neil McCulloch as Operator and Developer Chair at Offshore Energies UK, having previously served as Vice Chair to the Board.

Scott Barr, Managing Director UK Business Unit at Harbour Energy, has been appointed Operator and Developer Vice-Chair at Offshore Energies UK.

Four new members appointed to the OEUK Board are Luciano Vasques, Chief Executive Officer at Ithaca Energy, Nathan Morgan, Chief Executive Officer at Kellas Midstream, Diane Frachon, SLB’s Corporate Ventures and New Energy UK Director, along with Barry MacLeod, Managing Director at Flotation Energy, a leading developer of offshore wind projects.

Azza Salem has started a more senior role as Manager, Data Processing at Geoprovider.

Sara Bell has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager at Quorum Cyber.

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