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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has named Mitch Ingram, formerly executive V.P., international and deepwater operations and project management, to the post of executive V.P., international, deepwater and exploration. Ingram has nearly 30 years of experience in the industry and joined Anadarko in 2015 as executive V.P., global LNG. Prior to joining the company, Ingram worked with BG Group as executive V.P., technical, and was a member of the company’s executive committee. The company also announced that Ernie Leyendecker, formerly executive V.P., exploration, is retiring after more than 30 years in the industry.

Marathon Oil Corporation said that Zach Dailey will assume the role of advisor to President and CEO Lee Tillman, following his previous role as V.P., investor relations. In turn, Guy Baber will assume the role of V.P., investor relations. Most recently, Baber was managing director, senior research analyst and co-head of energy research at Simmons & Company International, energy specialists of Piper Jaffray. 

Crescent Point Energy Corp has announced that Ryan Gritzfeldt, formerly V.P., marketing and innovation, has assumed the role of COO. Gritzfeldt is a professional engineer and has been with the company for 14 years. Neil Smith, COO, and Tamara MacDonald, senior V.P., corporate and business development, have stepped down as officers of the company.

Danos has announced James Callahan as V.P., operations and Reed Peré as V.P., business development, sales and marketing. With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Callahan most recently served as V.P., project services. Formerly V.P., production, Peré has over 10 years of experience in the industry. In addition, Mike Guidry, who has been with the company for 25 years and serves as operations manager, will move to general manager of production. Kevin Biringer will become the Permian general manager of projects.

Devon Energy Corp. said that shareholders have elected John Krenicki, Jr. to the board of directors. Krenicki expands the company’s board to 10 members — of whom eight are independent directors — and is a senior operating partner at the private-equity investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC. 

Hunter Oil Corp. has named Al H. Denson, P.E. as CEO, replacing Andrew Hromyk, who has assumed the role of executive chairman. Denson has over 40 years of industry experience, where he served in various engineering, operations and management roles.

Northwoods Energy LLC has announced Nate Wells as CFO. He brings almost 20 years of experience to the company, and most recently served as chief accounting officer and controller at Jonah Energy LLC.

Flavia Rezende has been appointed offshore manager at Bureau Veritas, North America. As a naval architect and marine engineer, with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Rezende previously held senior positions within the company, including manager for technical development. Chad Fuhrmann has been named operations manager for MAC, a Bureau Veritas company. As a marine engineer, Fuhrmann served with the U.S. Naval Reserve before moving into the private sector 10 years ago. Additionally, Neale Fraser has been appointed MAC’s operations manager, Europe. Fraser previously held roles at GL Noble Denton and Divex UK, and was part of the original senior team at MAC when it was founded in 2011.

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has brought in Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven as CEO and Wijnand Tutuarima as CFO.  Van Brouwershaven joins from sister company Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), where he has worked as CEO, since 2013. He will remain CEO of HFG, as well. Tutuarima joined the company in 2013. Prior to this appointment he was senior V.P., finance, at HMC and was a member of the management team. 

Jerry Starling has been appointed director of diving and ROV operations at Kreuz Subsea. He brings more than 25 years of industry experience to the business, and most recently held senior diving roles at DOF Subsea and DeepOcean. He will be based in Singapore.

Deep Casing Tools has appointed Neil Hathaway to Middle East regional manager. With 28 years of international experience in the industry, Hathaway has worked for oilfield service companies, including Weatherford, and spent a decade in field operations.

Eaton has named Molly Murphy senior V.P., North American sales, and Jeff Krakowiak senior V.P., marketing and commercial operations. With more than 20 years of experience in the electrical industry, Murphy’s responsibilities will include sales for industrial, original equipment manufacturer and commercial. Krakowiak will lead the marketing communications, sales operations, and project management teams. Krakowiak has nearly three decades of experience in the industry. Dave Bucklew, the current senior V.P., North American sales, has elected to retire.

Reactive Downhole Tools has named Jonathan Brian as a U.S.-based senior business development manager. Brian has over 15 years of experience in the industry, including technical sales roles for Isolation Technologies and TAM International. 

BCCK Holding Company has appointed Bob Swann as director of project management and controls. Swann has spent 27 years of his career in Texas. His roles included project and engineering management for Pond & Company and DCP Midstream LP, and also served as a director of marketing and V.P., finance for Solvay Interox, a Solvay America Company.

Airborne Oil & Gas has appointed Oliver Kassam to CEO. Most recently, Kassam served as president and managing director at SBM Offshore N.V., in Brazil. Additionally, he served eight years at Subsea 7. Kassam brings over 20 years of industry experience to the company, and will be based in IJmuiden, The Netherlands.

PJ Valves has announced Neil Kirkbride as a non-executive director. Kirkbride brings 37 years of industry experience to the company, having worked previously in similar roles at BEL Valves and Glenalmond Group. At BEL Valves, Kirkbride was managing director for more than 20 years.

Deloitte has appointed Shaun Reynolds and Kent Mackenzie to partner, oil and gas specialist, in the Scotland region. Previously, Reynolds set up and led the transaction services team for the Aberdeen office. Mackenzie, formerly global head for Fintech for risk advisory, Edinburgh, will be leading international strategy for the sector. He joined the company in 2014.

Global Maritime has named Eric Frank to oversee its U.S. operations. Frank, who will also be responsible for dynamic positioning services throughout the U.S., brings 27 years of industry experience to the company. Over the previous 11 years, Frank held a variety of leadership and engineering roles at Seadrill, including technical manager for special projects in the Western Hemisphere.