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

• bp is expected to name Kate Thomson as chief financial officer as it completes a leadership reshuffle in the wake of Bernard Looney’s departure.
• Doo Hyun Chung is starting a new position as Commercial Analyst at Chevron.
• Jadestone Energy announces the appointment of Joanne Williams as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
• Amplus Energy Services has appointed Steve Gardyne as Managing Director, with his responsibilities including overseeing new venture Carbon Circle UK.
• Ian Herd, who originally founded Amplus Energy, has stepped down from his role to become an Executive Director.
• George Geddes has been named HSEQ Manager at Amplus Energy Services.
• Susan Shanks has taken on the role of Financial Controller at Amplus Energy Services.
• Soil Machine Dynamics announced the promotion of Liam Forbes to Services Director.
• KCA Deutag's President of Land Drilling, Simon Drew, has been appointed to IADC’s Executive Committee for 2024. 
• Peter Kravitz has been appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at Canadian Overseas Petroleum.
• Mark Wall has joined its board of Canadian Overseas Petroleum as a Non-Executive Director to replace Atul Gupta who has stepped down.
• Pom Singh Sabharwal is starting a new position at Halliburton - Landmark as North America | GOM Region Technical Sales Manager. 
• Andrew Flanagan will take over the helm as new CEO of RWE Clean Energy.
• Access for Women in Energy welcomes Betty Ahwera to their Management Committee.
• Deloitte Ireland has hired Maria Lucey to as a partner within its M&A Advisory team to lead the renewable energy practice.
• Ben Sayers is starting a new position as Consultant at GeoPartners Ltd.
• Sharon Reji is joining SSE Renewables as a Junior Contract Manger on their Dogger Bank Wind Farm.
• Global Warming Solutions announced the appointment of Dr. Jason McKenna to its Advisory Board. 
• Consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has appointed Jonathan Bull as its new Managing Director, effective 15 January, 2024.
• Angus Neil is starting a new position as Geographic Information Systems Technician at RMSI, working with the Network Data and Intelligence Department at Scottish Power.
• Jon Story has joined Wood Mackenzie as VP, Consulting where he will be leading the charge on global CCS in addition to a wider role in energy.
• Green Executives announced that Iain Manson has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor to assist in the growth and development of their global senior executive search practise.
• Trillion Energy International, an oil and natural gas producer in Turkey, has announced the appointment of Al Thorsen as Chief Operating Officer.
• Kari Johnsen has joined Moreld Ross Offshore as Principal Geologist at their Sandefjord office. 
• Dr Oliver Quinn had been elected as a Director of Eco Atlantic.
• Infrastructure operator px Group has appointed David Thompson as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
• OFFSHORE Energies UK CEO, David Whitehouse will chair the conference and executive committee for SPE Offshore Europe 2025 being held at P&J Live, Aberdeen from 2-5 September 2025.  
• RELYON Nutec UK, leaders in specialist safety training, competence and related services for safety critical industries, announces Colin Leyden as Managing Director.
• Allan Mackenzie is starting a new position as Head of Operations at PXGEO.
• Zenith Energy has appointed Jay Kelly to its management team as Wells Manager.
• Cerulean Winds has appointed experienced commercial leader Laura Jarvie to a new Head of Scotland role, where she will work closely with stakeholders on the development of the North Sea Renewables Grid.
• Virgilio Porto has taken on a new role as Vice President - Completions at Weatherford.
• The Woodside Board announced the appointment of Mr Ashok Belani as a non-executive Director, effective 29 January 2024.
• John Sherrer has been promoted to Vice President, Accounting & Controller at Devon Energy.
• Williams announced that Donald “Don” R. Cravins, Jr., has been named Head of Government Affairs and Outreach.
• Steve Robertson is joining the newly-launched LCI Analytics as Managing Director.
• North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP), a significant owner of the UK’s offshore energy infrastructure, has named Angela Fletcher as its new chief commercial officer.
• SBM Offshore has announced that its chief executive for 12 years, Bruno Chabas, has decided not to seek a 4th mandate at the end of his current term.

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