Appointments

Mathieu Philippe has been appointed to the new position of Commercial Director – Marine at classification society Bureau Veritas.

The CEO of Lloyd’s Register (LR) Group will step down from the role by the end of 2020.

Hempels new executive vice president and chief operating officer Katarina Lindström officially joined the company on 1 August.

BMT has appointed a new managing director for its Commercial Shipping Europe business. Dennis de Bruin has taken up his new role with immediate effect.

MAN Energy Solutions is combining the separate Supply Chain and Production divisions - Martin Oetjen will join the Executive Board on 1 August 2020 with responsibility for the newly created division.

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has appointed Alex Gregg-Smith as its new China Chief Executive.

Steerprop, the propulsion specialist, has combined its sales and project management functions. Juho Rekola has been appointed as the companys new director sales and project management, with effect from 1 June 2020.

Volvo Penta has a new President - Heléne Mellquist will assume the position on 1 September 2020 succeeding Björn Ingemanson, who will retire after 8 years as president.

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has appointed Rolf Stiefel as its new Regional Chief Executive for Central Europe with effect from 1 May.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the designer of MTU engines and systems, has appointed Otto Preiss as COO to the management board. Preiss will take up his new position from 1 May.