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

• Kate Thomson has been appointed interim chief financial officer at bp.
• Equinor has announced the appointment of Samuel Byrne as Vice President of Operations at Equinor Renewables Americas.
• John Gurney has joined Gibb Group as Service Technician at their Great Yarmouth office.
• Stratum Reservoir announced that Andrea DSilva has joined the company as a Sales Manager - MEA.
• Christopher Spencer has been appointed Managing Director of DNO as Bjørn Dale steps down as part of a planned management transition initiated last year.
• Michael Wadden is starting a new position as Earthworks Examiner at Amey.
• Alison Mitchell has re-joined MacArtney Underwater Technology Group as Finance Manager.
• Vattenfall Heat UK has appointed a brand-new Director of Heat Networks - London, Alina Gheorghiu-Currie, to take forward low carbon heating initiatives across the city.
• WindEurope’s board of directors has elected José Luis Blanco, CEO of Nordex, as the association’s new chair for an 18-month term.
• Verlume, a specialist in clean energy system integration, intelligent energy management and energy storage, has appointed Gillian Thomson as Head of People.
• Eversource Energy announced that Paul Chodak has been elected as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective November 13, 2023.
• Valeura Energy announced the departure from its board of directors of independent director, Kimberley Wood, effective September 18, 2023.  
• Neville Brookes is starting a new position as Business Development Manager - Carbon Storage at CGG.
• Load Monitoring Systems announced the appointment of George Ball as Operations Manager.
• Howard Energy Partners announced that Kelly McBeth has joined the company as Vice President of Government Relations.
• EEEGR announced the appointment of Kevin Keable as their new Executive Chair.  
• Graeme Barron is starting a new position as Senior Manager Business Development & Commercial at Bristow Group.
• Ian Cross, Managing Director at Moyes & Co, is now the Regional Leader for South East Asia with global membership organization, Frontier Energy Network. 
• IoD Aberdeen & Grampian Branch welcome their newest committee member Erikka Askeland who joins their branch as Policy and Communications Ambassador.
• NextEra Energy announced the appointment of Maria G. Henry to its board of directors.
• Gilson Gray, the law firm that opened a new Aberdeen office last year, has appointed Doug Barrie as an energy and oil and gas consultant.
• Ryan Green has joined Carbon as Digital Services Director.
• Carbon has appointed Paul Devine as their new company Chairman.
• Paul Simpson is starting a new position as Business Development Manager at Well-Safe Solutions.
• Kraken Robotics announced that Ms. Lynne Adu will take over leadership of the company's Services business, expanding her current role as Vice President Commercial at Kraken.
• Kraken Robotics announced that Ms. Lynne Adu will take over leadership of the company's Services business, expanding her current role as Vice President Commercial at Kraken.
• Mr. Dennis Hogan has joined the Kraken Robotics US Sales Team, based out of their Boston office.
• Philippe Mieussens is starting a new position as Subsurface Manager at Sonangol P&P Iraq.
• The Mermaid Subsea team continues to grow, and welcome Senior Project Engineers, Santo Sammartino and Calum Sutherland to the company.

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