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Topaz Energy named Martin Helweg as its chief operating officer. Helweg has nearly 20 years' experience in leadership roles. He most recently served as regional managing director for the Americas at Svitzer. Prior to that, he was Svitzer's regional chief financial officer and deputy managing director for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

A message from David Quirk, SPE Canadian Educational Foundation Chair, and Helen Chang, SPE Canadian Educational Trust Past Chair

Nick Garrett has joined the board of directors at Lamprell, a fabrication company based in the United Arab Emirates, as a nonexecutive director. Garrett spent worked at JP Morgan Cazenove from 1989 to 2012, including an 11-year stint as head of initial public offerings (IPOs) and exeuction. In that role, he advised on more than 40 IPOs, including Lamprell's listing in…

Mubadala Petroleum, an Abu Dhabi-based exploration and production company, appointed Bakheet Al Katheeri as its chief executive officer (CEO). Al Katheeri previously served as chief growth officer at the company, where he was responsible for new business development along with mergers and acquisitions. He was also Mubadala's chief operation officer (COO), overseeing o…

Jessica Uhl took over as chief financial officer (CFO) at Royal Dutch Shell. Uhl joined Shell in 2004 and has held various finance leadership roles in the company's upstream, integrated gas, and downstream businesses, as well as in its projects and technology business and its corporate headquarters. Before being appointed CFO, Uhl served as executive vice president of…

Apache appointed Jon A. Graham as region vice president and managing director of its North Sea operations. Graham previously served as the company's vice president of health, safety, security, and environment since May 2011 and, before that, as its region vice president and country manager in Argentina. He joined Apache in 1994 as a reservoir engineering manager in th…

M2 Subsea announced the appointment of Paddy Hardey as general manager and senior vice president of commercial . Hardey will be based in Houston and oversee the company's commercial and tendering activities as well as its contract negotiations. Hardey was recently commercial manager of Bibby Offshore's North American subsea division. Prior to this, he was commercial m…

Petrobras announced the re-election of Pedro Parente as its chief executive officer (CEO). In a meeting held on 26 March, the company's board of directors extended Parente's contract for two additional years. Parente was elected CEO on 31 May 2016. Prior to that, he served as CEO at Bunge Brasil from 2010 to 2014. Parente began his career working for Banco de Brasil i…

The SPE Asia Pacific Advisory Council held its inaugural meeting on 25 March in Bangkok, Thailand, discussing how SPE can further benefit members and the wider oil and gas industry in the region.

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed founding director of engineering programs and professor of subsea engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Katy Campus. Kondapi was previously director of subsea engineering and professor of practice at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC T…