Plexus Holdings
AIM-listed oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, Plexus Holdings, has appointed Lawrence P Rucinski as president, North America, through his consultancy company Global Growth Partners, initially for a minimum 12 month period.
Rucinski has over 30 years' experience in the subsea oil and gas sector having held several senior level leadership roles between 1984-2015 building FMC Technologies into a market leading global provider of wellhead equipment and services.
Most recently, Rucinski held the position of director, sales and marketing for the global subsea business unit of FMC.
He will aid Plexus' expansion into the large and growing deepwater subsea technology sector through the recent launch of the company's POS-GRIP Python Subsea Wellhead at Offshore Europe 2015.
In addition, Rucinski will leverage his experience in Asia to support the Plexus Asian team in China, in conjunction with the company's agreement with Chinese licensing partner Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group, and Plexus' shallow water subsea and crossover wellhead production system collaboration agreement between China Oilfield Services Limited, Red Subsea Technologies and Jereh.
Rucinski will also support ongoing business with Petronas where Plexus secured a license through its local Plexus Products Asia company joint venture to manufacture and supply Plexus' POS-GRIP wellhead equipment in Malaysia.
Australia-Africa Mining Industry Group
AAMIG, which is looking to change its name to the Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group to reflect the increasing role of oil and gas in Africa's sustainable development goals, has announced three new board members for 2015/16.
They are Andrew Dinning of Sarama Resources, John Welborn of Resolute Mining and Ben Gargett of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Sefton Resources
Another AIM-listed entity, Sefton Resources, has appointed Clement Chambers, who founded ADVEN, All IPO and Online plcs, as its new CEO and Michael Hodges as a non-executive director.
Chambers has been involved in the software industry for over 30 years as a pioneer of computer games, "massively multiplayer" games, multimedia and the internet, and has written investment columns for Wired Magazine, Forbes, The Business, The Scotsman and broadcasts on investment matters for SKY News, CNBC and the BBC.
He has been an Avarae Global Coins non-executive director since November 2010.
Great Eastern Energy
Great Eastern Energy, an alternative natural gas and electricity supplier in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, has appointed Jeffrey Levin as its new executive vice president of sales.
Levin, who has 20 years of experience in energy and energy-related services, will have a core focus of helping customers "be more profitable and sustainable".
Levin previously headed up North American direct sales at Direct Energy, and was Osram Sylvania's lighting services division general manager before that.
