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

Viaro Energy has announced the appointment of Francesco Mazzagatti as Chief Executive Officer.  

JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has appointed former UK Trade Commissioner Jonathan Knott CMG as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Elaine Robertson is starting a new position as 3E Training Consultant at Forsters.

Technip Energies has announced the appointment of Jesse Stanley as President, Technologies & Products and member of the Executive Committee, effective March 16, 2026.

Currently serving as business development manager at Port of Aberdeen, Kieran Morton has joined the Nestrans Board as a non-councillor board member. 

Empyrean Energy advises that the current Interim Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director Gajendra (Gaz) Bisht has been appointed as CEO, effective immediately.

The Energy Workforce & Technology Council (EWTC) has appointed Kyle Chapman, executive vice president of global operations at Levare, and Daniel Watson, chief development officer at Steel Alloys & Services, to its advisory board.

Johan Mohr has taken on the role of Commercial Manager, Norway for GEOxyz.

Virgilio Porto is starting a new position as SVP, Well Construction Systems at Weatherford.

Yasmin Penfold has taken on the role of Policy and Social Impact Analyst at Carbon Neutral Fuels.

RTS Wind Group has appointed Kevin Jones as Chief Executive Officer.

Dalia Tawfeek is starting a new position as Chief Business Officer, MENA at Data Dynamics.

Black & Veatch has promoted Katie Werner to president of the company’s Bird Electric subsidiary.

Jonathan Jones has started a new role as Lead Specialist, Benchmarking at Maaden, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

International investor Hagag Development Europe has announced the appointment of Razvan Pârvulescu as Business Development Director of the Natural Gas Division within Hagag Energy.

Dales Marine Services, a specialist in dry dock and ship repair, fabrication and conversion, has appointed Stuart McLeod as director of operations.

Zaur Asadov is starting a new position as Project Controls Manager at SOCAR Downstream.

America’s Clean Energy Company has announced the retirement of William M. Sheriff as Executive Chair & Director of the Company.

William M. Sheriff has agreed to serve as the Executive Chair of Verdera Energy Corp.

Malvika Nagarkoti has been appointed Production Optimization Director at Baker Hughes.

Xcel Energy announced today that Rob Cain has been named its senior vice president, chief technology officer, effective immediately.

Stacey King has started a new position as a Technical Sales Advisor with CoreGeo.

Mingyang has appointed Peter Wolf as director of transport and installation in Europe.

AGR has appointed Lone Margrethe Olstad as a new manager for its subsurface and reservoir management business unit.

Olav Strand has been promoted to UK & International Business Development Manager at Helix Energy Solutions Group.

Edmarley Ramos has joined DUG as a Senior Geophysicist.

Lauren Reid is starting a new position as Expeditor at Craig International Ltd.

Darren Tindal has been promoted to Vessel Manager at Helix Energy Solutions Group.

Manuel Pérez is starting a new position as Supply Chain Procurement Specialist at Chevron.

Clare Miszewska has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at AnTech.

Yasmin Penfold has joined Carbon Neutral Fuels as their new Policy and Social Impact Analyst.

Jesús David Gutiérrez Ramírez is starting a new position as Junior Geologist at GeoPark.

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