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

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

Former BP chief Bernard Looney has been named chairman of a climate-focused AI start-up, ExpectAI.

David Blanchard has taken on the role of Director role at Elephant Oil Corp.

Shell's integrated gas and upstream director Zoë Yujnovich will step down at the end of March. 

Darren Philp has joined CRP Subsea (an AIS Ltd company) as their Renewables Sales Manager for Offshore Fixed Wind Cable Protection Systems (CPS).

The Petroleum Agency SA has announced the appointment of Dr. Sayidini as Acting Chief Executive Officer.

Martin Pibworth, chief commercial officer at SSE, has been appointed as CBI Scotland's chair.

Nexergy announces that Wade Pritchard has joined the company as its new Head of Engineering. 

ASCO has promoted Morten Nevland to a new role within the company to head up and manage the consolidation of freight services; ASCO Freight Management (AFM) UK and AFM Norway into a single entity. 

Claire Buchan has taken on a new role as Business Development Manager - Specialist Services at ASCO where she will be responsible for leading specialist services business development activities and pursuing new opportunities.  

Sarah Pickles joins the ASCO as Recruitment Team Leader for the Company's Recruitment Service, OBM.

Dave Johnston is starting a new position as General Manager - Tooling at Ashtead Technology.

John Krenicki Jr. is retiring from Devon Energy's board of directors at the end of his current term and will not stand for re-election at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders, which is scheduled for June 4, 2025.

John Colledge has taken on the role of Global Business Development Manager at GMC Limited.

Umair Iqbal is starting a new position as CO2 plants sales and proposal engineer at Tecno Project Industriale (TPI).

Rifky Wijanarko is starting a new position as a Geologist at WSP in the UK.

M. Bruce Chernoff and Gary D. Reaves have been appointed to Vitesse Energy’s Board of Directors following the acquisition of Lucero Energy.

Heidi Etter has started a new position as Director of Environmental Services at EPI Group.

Vegard Sjursen has started a new role in Odfjell Technology as VP Global Business Development & Energy Transition.

Jenny Stanning, has started a new position as director of ONE Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement at Opportunity North East.

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

Matthew Blake has taken on the role of Head of Delivery and Transformation at Progressive TSL. 

Natalie Wright has joined Brimmond as business development manager, bringing over a decade of experience in sales, account management and business development within the energy sector.

Unity Well Integrity Limited has appointed Sandy Fettes to its board as a non-executive director, to support continued international growth across its range of well integrity and decommissioning solutions.

Barnaby Harrison has taken on a new position as Business Development Manager - TPI at Ecotricity.

Pauline McCann is transitioning into the role of operations director at Subsea Supplies.

Fifth Ring has appointed Nikki Annand as Head of Content, a newly created role overseeing written, video, data visualisation, and interactive content.

Eve Ferguson joins Fifth Ring as PR Manager.

Ashleigh Barbour takes on the role of PR and Crisis Communications Manager at Fifth Ring.

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