Jim McAleese (pictured) has been promoted from GM to MD at Alderley Systems. McAleese, who joined Alderley in 1980 as a project engineer, is tasked with further developing the business globally.
John Bodin has been named as director of global business development of offshore mooring specialist Delmar Systems, based out of the company鈥檚 Houston sales/technical office.
Kevin Reinhart, EVP and CFO of Canada鈥檚 Nexen, has been appointed interim president and CEO following the sudden departure of Marvin Romanow last month. Gary Nieuwenburg, EVP of Canada, has also left the company.
Mark Denkowski (pictured) has been promoted from MD to VP accreditation and certification programs at the International Association of Drilling Contractors. He joined the IADC last year following a 30-year drilling industry career that included working offshore for Smedvig Asia鈥
Martin Craighead (pictured) formally assumed the mantle of Baker Hughes鈥 president and CEO last month, taking over from Chad Deaton who remains chairman. Craighead, whose tenure with the company dates back to 1986, previously served as president and COO.
Matt Fox (pictured), a former president of ConocoPhillips Canada and most recently EVP international at Nexen, rejoined ConocoPhillips last month in an interim role preparatory to assuming the post of EVP exploration and production in the鈥
Mike Robertson (pictured) has been appointed development and operations manager of North Sea operator GDF Suez E&P UK. He joined the company in 2008, having previously held engineering and project management positions at both major service companies and operators including BP and Talisman.
Dr Nicolas Phillips has been named as head of marketing, technology and key accounts at Clariant Oil Services, based at the company鈥檚 Houston headquarters. Before joining Clariant two years ago to run the oil services business line鈥檚 marketing鈥
Patrick Phelan (pictured) became MD of drilling equipment and support services provider Aquaterra Energy last month. He joined from JDR Cable Systems, where he served as MD from 1999 to 2011. George Morrison, Aquaterra鈥檚 MD for the past six years鈥
Paul Tollefson (pictured) has been named manager, marketing and business development, multi-client and processing, at Dolphin Geophysical. Since joining the seismic industry in 1975, he has worked for Geco, Digicon, Veritas, CGG and CGGVeritas.
R Brian Hanson (pictured) succeeded Robert Peebler as CEO of ION Geophysical last month, adding to the role of president he assumed last August when the company announced a planned leadership transition. Peebler became ION鈥檚 executive chairman on 1 January.
Umberto Vergine has been appointed COO of Eni Gas & Power Division following Domenico Dispenza鈥檚 assignment to another post in the Italian group.
Arnstein Øvsthus (pictured) becomes general manager of CGGVeritas Eidesvik Ship Management, on 1 February. The joint venture between CGGVeritas and Eidesvik 云顶赌场老虎机, dedicated to operating the high-end seismic vessels in the CGGVeritas fleet鈥
Ben Webster and Robbie Blakeman have joined offshore engineering firm Osbit Power as sales & marketing manager and senior engineer, respectively.
Bill Yuile (pictured), a 40-year veteran of oil & gas industry contracting, has been appointed business development director of Apply Altra, based in Aberdeen.
