“The regional managers for DNV Maritime Korea and DNV Maritime South East Asia and Australia/New Zealand are repatriating to Norway during the autumn according to contracts. We are pleased to announce their successors,” says Tor E. Svensen, COO DNV Maritime.
Region South East Asia and Australia/New Zealand
Helge Kjeøy has accepted the position of regional manager, DNV Maritime South East Asia and Australia/New Zealand as the successor to Ragnar E. Hansen.
Helge Kjeøy joined DNV in 1979 after finishing his MSc at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He currently heads the Department for Ships in Operation at MTP. He has previously worked in the Research Division and in the Offshore Division, in addition to 15 years in various positions within DNV Maritime. His international experience stems from Singapore and Dubai, where he spent a total of seven years as divisional technical manager and district manager, respectively.
Says Kjeøy: “I am very excited to have been given this opportunity, and I promise to do my very best to continue developing DNV Maritime in this important part of the world. Ragnar E. Hansen and his team have been doing a great job, and I look forward to meeting new and old colleagues and together bringing us another step forward.” Helge Kjeøy took over the new position on 8 October.
Region Korea
Paal Johansen has accepted the position as regional manager, DNV Maritime Korea, as the successor to Svein Svarstad. “I am very excited to have this opportunity to continue to develop the good work in this strategic region,” says Paal Johansen.
Paal Johansen started his career in DNV Maritime, Høvik in 1982. Over the years he has gained wide experience within the maritime area. In 1984 he joined DNV Hong Kong Service. After four years in Hong Kong, he was assigned project manager in Sasebo, Japan for a year. He then moved on to Jeddah as area manager for Saudi Arabia. In 1990 he moved back to Kobe, Japan as district manager for the next four years.
In 1994, Paal Johansen and his family moved to Singapore where he was appointed divisional quality manager in Asia & Pacific. After three years in Singapore, the journey continued to Rotterdam, The Netherlands where he spent the next six years, first as operations manager for Management System Certification and thereafter as manager for DNV Maritime’s Training and ISM group.
Paal Johansen completed his Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway in 1980. He participated in the Program for Executive Development at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland in 1995.
Paal Johansen’s current position is district manager for DNV Maritime Gulf & Caribbean, with a base in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, USA. He will formally assume his position as regional manager in Korea on 1 January 2008. As in most cases of international transfers, he will have a transition period where he will take part in activities both in Korea and the US.
Date: 2008-01-30