Lloyd’s Register makes senior team changes

Kevin Humphreys has been appointed marine and offshore president for the Americas and Sung-Gu Park has been promoted to president, responsible for the North East Asia region including South Korea and Japan.

“Lloyd’s Register is building our compliance products, services and digital solutions to better support our clients going through transformational change and build future class services that meet their needs,” said LR marine and offshore director, Mark Darley.

Kevin Humphreys, who has more than 30 years of experience in commercial and operational roles, joins from Wärtsilä where he was general manager for market innovation and global merchant shipping sales. He succeeds John Hicks who has taken up the role of LR strategic implementation director.

Sung-Gu Park has worked at LR since 2007, holding a variety of technical and strategic marketing roles across China, Korea and the UK. He has worked on pilot projects for 3D plan approval, initial design software and digital services, most recently leading the Busan Technical Support Office in Korea. He succeeds JT Lee who is moving into a new role as LR ambassador.