Jean Pers, President & CEO
Mr. Jean Pers joined Swiber in 2002 to develop the offshore EPIC business. Bringing with him close to 35 years of engineering and operational experience in the Offshore EPIC business, mainly in the North Sea, he was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2005. Mr. Pers is currently the President and CEO of Equatoriale Offshore Development Services. He had an illustrious career in the industry, previously heading the Marine Department at IKL Indonesia and being advisor to Voies Navigables de France, the Navigation Authority that controls most of French navigable rivers and canals. Mr. Pers graduated from Ecole Nationale Ingenieurs in France in 1974 with an Engineer diploma. Since 1988, Mr. Pers has been a member of CNEDIES Centre National des Experts, an organisation that provides expertise to analyse the causes of industrial accidents.