Per Holmvang has succeeded Rex Lim as the managing director of DNV Petroleum Services following the latter's recent retirement.

Per Holmvang (far right) seen here with Capt. Rahul Choudhuri, DNVPS regional manager for Asia Pacific & Australasia and Dr Siew Fah Tsai, DNVPS Singapore laboratory manager.

Holmvang, 49, joined DNVPS as a research scientist in 1985 and was the regional manager for Scandinavia and the Nordic countries before taking up his latest appointment.

With an MSc. in physical chemistry, Holmvang is actively involved in industry-level initiatives, including the study of heavy fuel oil ignition and combustion properties, development of new test methods for marine fuels, determination of fuel contaminants and the capping of sulphur content in bunkers.

Holmvang is also a frequent speaker at international marine conferences and a representative of ship operators' interests in working groups organised by the ISO, CIMAC, Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the Institute of Petroleum.