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

bp has initiated a succession process to select a new Chair, after Helge Lund informed the board of his intention to step down in due course.

Pom (Perminder) Singh Sabharwal has taken on the role of Region General Manager - North America | Gulf of Mexico (Landmark) at Halliburton.

Namibia’s NOC, National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), has appointed Victoria Sibeya as acting Managing Director.

Tiernan O’Rourke will step down as Chief Financial Officer effective 30 June 2025.

Kyle Webster has been promoted to Account Manager at BIG Partnership.

WindEurope have elected Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen as Chair and Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe as Vice-Chair.

W&T Offshore announced the promotion of Huan Gamblin to Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.

Jon Oliver Bryce has been appointed permanent Chief Executive Officer at Dolphin Drilling, effective immediately.

Martín Oviedo is starting a new position as Lead Exploration Geologist at Karoon Energy 

Mujahid Husen Ansari has joined at Future Solar as Maintenance Engineer.

Eleanor Oldham has been promoted to the new position of Principal Geophysicist at Merlin Energy Resources Limited.

Guy Stroulger has joined TechnipFMC’s New Energy division as Senior Manager - Strategy & Business Development.

Co-CEO Bjørgulf Haukelidsæter Eidesen announced that he will step down as Co-CEO of Horisont Energi.

Glen Burridge is starting a new position as Subsurface Manager at INEOS.

SSE has announced the appointment of Martin Pibworth as Chief Executive designate.

Fluor Corporation announces that Tracey Cook has been named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective April 7, 2025.

Ronnie Grimberg has joined Ocean Infinity as AUV Lead.

OPC has appointed Kent Massey as their new Group Director, Surface Business.

BKV Corporation has appointed Dilanka Seimon as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately.

Rupert Simcox is starting a new position as Regional Geospatial Lead EMEA at Lightsource bp.

Helene Biström, Vattenfall’s Head of Business Area Wind since 2021, has decided to step down but will remain in her role to ensure a smooth transition until a successor is appointed.

Alexander Voake has been appointed Specialist Geo Operations HPHT at Equinor.

Carlos Martin, Walid Oulmane, Francisco Villazo´n and Corentin Thepaut will join Dajin as part of its newly created floating wind team this month. 

Martin Vögele has joined Wien Energie GmbH where he will work with a team driving the decarbonization of district heating, the development of green hydrogen solutions, innovative energy technologies, and circular economy for the city of Vienna.

Catherine Failliet has been appointed managing director of the French business of renewables developer Energiequelle.

Jean francois Monney has taken on the role of Hydraulic Engineer (Study & Supervision of pipeline works) at John Cockerill.

Justin Anderson has started a new role as Managing Director, Data & Digital at Connected Places Catapult.

Effective from 1 April 2025, Mike Duncan has taken on the role of RBLD MAI for Europe & Africa at Fugro.

Josh Bradbury joins Fugro as regional head of HSSE, effective from April 7, 2025.

Oilenco has announced the appointment of Paul Vettese, who has joined the company as business manager – Asia Pacific.

OX2 has appointed Rebecca Karlsson as the new Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer.

SOCAR Trading SA announced the appointment of Natig Mustafayev as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 7, 2025.

Katie Lockhead has started a new role as Marketing and Communications Manager at Marcliffe.

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