Mr Nitish Gupta joined Swiber in 2006 as Executive Vice President of Offshore Construction and was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of this unit in 2008. Having worked for a number of established offshore oil and gas construction companies since 1992, Mr Gupta has extensive industry experience in India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He began his career as a field engineer in Offshore Pipelines International, Inc. and subsequently joined J Ray McDermott as Project Engineer, where he was involved in project planning and logistics for various offshore projects. Following that, he joined Global Industries, as Project Manager and moved on to become Project Director. Mr Gupta also held the post of Project Manager for Horizon Offshore Contractors. Mr Gupta graduated from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University in India with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Honours).

Backed by more than 24 years of experience in the offshore industry, Mr Contractor joined the Group as the Chief Executive Officer for Kreuz Subsea in August 2008 and is also currently the Chief Operating Officer, where he is involved in the strategic planning and management of the Group’s operations. Previously, he has held the positions of Vice President and Senior Director with Global Industries for India and Middle East operations, serving the Company for 11 years. Mr Contractor is a BS graduate from Bombay University, India and a qualified commercial deep sea diver certified by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of UK. He has worked offshore as a commercial deep sea diver, and in other supervisory positions prior to his move to Rockwater/ Brown and Root in 1991.

Mr Leonard Tay, who was an Independent Director on the Board of Swiber since 2006, took on the role of Group CFO and Vice President in 2009, and is involved in the strategic planning and management of the Group’s financial directives and fiscal policies.Mr Tay has over a decade of financial management experience under his belt. Prior to his appointment the Swiber Board in 2006, he was an Executive Director of Enzer Corporation Limited and Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Altitude Trust Management Pte. Ltd., the trustee manager of Altitude Aircraft Leasing Trust, and was the Chief Financial Officer of SGX-ST listed, AGVA Corporation Limited before that. Mr Tay has also spent nine years in public accounting with the Big Four accounting firms. Mr Tay holds a Bachelors degree in Business from Monash University and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, CPA Australia, the Singapore Human Resource Institute and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Mr Deepak Kingsley joined Swiber in 2008 as General Counsel. In his role as General Counsel, Mr Kingsley oversees the Group’s legal affairs and advises the Chairman and management on such matters. Prior to joining Swiber, Mr Kingsley was heading the Legal Department of Nippon Steel Engineering Co Ltd covering South East Asia. Mr Kingsley has 18 years of legal experience and has headed legal departments and been counsel in other large construction and engineering companies. Mr Kingsley is a qualified Advocate in India and a Solicitor in Hong Kong. Mr Kingsley holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Madras.

Mr Ronald L. Schakosky joined Swiber in 2007 to spearhead the development of its Floating Production Systems business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Mr Schakosky has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry spanning diverse geographical markets such as Africa, Middle East and the Far East. Prior to joining Swiber, he held various posts in Newfield Exploration, Pearl Oil, Unocal Oil Corp, MODEC Inc., Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, and Dubai Petroleum Company. Mr Schakosky holds a BSC Mechanical Engineering from Midwestern University.

Mr Peter J. Worrall joined Swiber in 2007 to lead the offshore installation-related work for Swiber's Offshore EPCIC operations. He has more than 36 years of hands-on experience in the offshore oilfield construction industry having managed offshore oil and gas projects in Asia for major corporations such as Horizon Offshore and Global Industries. Amongst many others, Mr Worrall's extensive expertise includes pipe-lay through conventional lay barges and the rentis line installation system, jacket and deck installation. Mr Worrall attended Kintore Ave Trade School Adelaide for a Fitting and Turning Indentureship from 1966-1967. He holds a certificate from Seaton Park High Technical.

Mr Richard J. Pursell joined Swiber in 2007 to provide top-down counsel on corporate responsibility and to guide the company on a process of continuous improvement. He is an experienced Occupational Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental practitioner with more than 23 years of practical application in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments. He is a Certified Safety Executive for the World Safety Organisation; an Accredited Safety Auditor for International Loss Control Institute; and is certified by Det Norske Veritas for Qualitative Risk Assessment and Environmental Management; by ICI Engineering for Hazard Management and by Philip Crosby and Associates for Quality Management Systems.

Mr. Seetsen has 22 years of international experience in the field of occupational health, safety, security and environment within the oil and gas industry. Before joining Swiber, he was the Regional HSE Manager for Modec Management Services. He spent most of his career (1996-2007) with J. Ray McDermott S.A. as a HSE Manager where he led his team to reduce injuries significantly by developing the HSE training matrix complete with standards for competency, as well as developing and introducing an internal audit and rating system. He also worked with Diamond Offshore Drilling (1994-1996) and West Australian Petroleum as a HSE Advisor from (1988-1994). He holds a Bachelor degree in Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety from the University of Newcastle and is currently taking a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management at Murdoch University, Australia.

Mr Joseph Chen joined Swiber in 2007 to spearhead operations in Brunei Darussalam and drive the Group’s expansion, strategic alliances and activities in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Previously, Mr Chen was Business Development Manager in a Brunei-based civil and mechanical oil and gas petrochemical-related construction company. With over 30 years of management experience, he has held various senior administration and business management positions in several regional companies in Brunei. He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree, University of Southern Cross, Australia (Best Graduate) and a Business Diploma in Industrial Administration, School of Accountancy and Business Studies, UK.

Mr K G Remesh joined Swiber in 2008 as Vice President of its India and Middle East operations. He is an Honours graduate in Engineering from NIIT Calicut India. Mr Remesh brings with him over 30 years of rich experience as a chief engineer, engineering manager, and in project management, business development and contracting in the offshore and onshore oil and gas fields. He has held several important positions in different organisations in upstream oil and gas fields including engineering manager, proposal manager, project manager, and project director. His areas of expertise include EPCC projects involving jackets / decks and subsea flexible and rigid pipe lines.

 

Captain Hendrik Eddy Purnomo heads Swiber's Indonesian Operations as Vice President. He joined Swiber in 1996 as President Director of our Indonesian subsidiary, PT Swiber Berjaya. He brings with him 20 years experience in the management and operations of marine vessels in Indonesia and the handling of maritime disputes as well as experience in the local shipping law. Captain Purnomo graduated from the Indonesia Merchant Marine Academy in 1979 as a qualified mate of ocean-going and mate of anchor handling tug supply boats. In addition, he is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK and a Member of the Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management, Murdoch University law school.

Mr Elliappan joined Swiber in 2007 as Vice President of Corporate and Commercial Services. Part of his responsibilities is to ratchet up the performance and project deliveries of the Group. Mr Elliappan brings to Swiber 26 years of experience in Supply Chain Management. Mr. Elliappan graduated with a B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) degree from Madras University and M. Sc. (Process Analysis and Development) degree from University of Aston, Birmingham. After a short stint as process engineer in a Petronas refinery project, Mr Elliappan moved on to project and supply chain management functions in various oil and gas companies including Brunei Shell Petroleum Company. Mr Elliappan makes a seismic addition to the talent pipeline of Swiber’s Senior Leadership Team.

Mr David Chu joined Swiber in May 2008 to facilitate and oversee the management of various Offshore Construction overseas projects. Prior to joining Swiber, he worked for Clough as their Project/Contracts Engineer for four years. Following that, he joined Technip and McDermott International, Inc for a period of two years each where he was responsible for the management, operations and project risk and planning optimisation, amongst others, for major projects. Mr Chu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently studying for a Masters of Oil and Gas Engineering at the University of Western Australia. He has completed courses in relation to legal, contractual, risk management and other technical fields relating to the offshore construction industry.