DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. (DeepOcean) started a reorganisation of the company today.
Effective 1 January 2015 DeepOcean is organised in two main regions, the Greater North Sea (“GNS”) region and the International region. Ottar Mæland will head up the GNS region as Group EVP GNS. Group support functions such as IT, Procurement, Asset Management, Ship Management and Engineering will reside in the GNS organisation. Mads Bårdsen will lead activities in the rest of the world including operating regions (Asia Middle East, Brazil, Africa and Gulf of Mexico) as the Group EVP International. Mads and Ottar will report to Bart Heijermans, DeepOcean’s CEO.
The main focus areas of the GNS organisation will be:
DeepOcean’s Leadership Team will comprise of the following members: Bart Heijermans – CEO, Dennis de Vreede – CFO, Mads Bårdsen – EVP International, Ottar Mæland – EVP GNS, Ingunn Øvereng Iveland – Group HR Director and Louise Lewin – Senior Legal Counsel.
“This reorganisation will address the following objectives: reduction of direct and indirect cost as required to meet weakened demand in our sector, further strengthening of the marketing and sales of our services and methodologies worldwide and creation of a more effective company through collaboration and standardization that can be used as a platform to take advantage of opportunities in the current downturn”, says DeepOcean CEO Bart Heijermans.