New IPLOCA Board of Directors announced 2013 - 2014
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
World Pipelines,
More than 650 delegates attended the International Pipe Line and Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) Convention – the 47th annual – held this year in Washington, DC, USA from 23 - 27 September.
During the convention the Association elected its Board of Directors for 2013 to 2014. The following were named to positions on the Board:
Officers
President of IPLOCA and Director for Middle East & Africa: Najib Khoury (CCC).
1st Vice President and Director for Europe Mediterranean: Jean-Claude Van de Wiele (Spiecapag).
2nd Vice President and Director for East & Far East: Atul Punj (Punj Lloyd Group).
Treasurer and Director for Europe Central: Harald Dresp (Max Streicher).
Immediate Past President: Douglas Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering).
Regional Directors
Director for Europe Central: Jan Koop (Bohlen-Doyen).
Directors for Europe Eastern: Kaan Dogan, (Attila Dogan Construction & Installation Company Inc.) and Andrei Klepach (Stroygazconsulting).
Director for Europe Mediterranean: Roberto Castelli (Bonatti).
Director for Europe North-West: Adam Wynne Hughes (Pipeline Induction Heat).
Directors for America North: Scott Summers (ARB, Inc.) and John Tikkanen (Shawcor).
Director for Middle East & Africa: Ibrahim Zakhem (Zakhem International Construction).
Directors for East & Far East: Jim Frith (McConnell Dowell) and Atul Punj (Punj Llloyd Group).
Directors for Associate Members
Gerry Grothe (PipeLine Machinery), Greg Miller (Pipeline Inspection Co. Ltd), Michael Rae (Argus Ltd).
Directors-at-Large
Larry Bolander (Fluor).
Georges Hage (The C.A.T. Group).
Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar).
Wilhelm Maats (Maats Pipeline Equipment).
Bruno Maerten (GEOCEAN).
Written by Elizabeth Corner
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/16102013/new_iploca_board_of_directors_announced_for_2014/
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