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Executive Management
Executive Management Members
André Goedée, Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Mr. Goedée has held the position as CEO of the Company since 2003 and was first appointed to the Board of Directors on 4 May 2007. Mr. Goedée has 41 years of experience with the shipping, drilling and heavy marine transport industries. He spent eight years with Nedlloyd Lines and twelve years with Neddrill Drilling Contractors. He graduated from Rijnlands Lyceum, Wassenaar and Merchant Marine College, Scheveningen. He holds a degree as Master Mariner and has served as the executive vice president of the Heerema Group. Prior to being appointed CEO of the Company in 2003, he served as chief executive officer of the European speciality staffing division of Vedior, a global staffing organization. Mr. Goedée is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.
Martin Adler, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Mr. Adler has served as CCO for the Company since May 2008 and is responsible for the Company’s global sales and marketing activities. Mr. Adler also served overseas at the Company’s international offices in Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Busan, Shanghai, Singapore, Perth, and Moscow. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Adler held positions as senior vice president for the Shaw group (Stone & Webster), in addition to various senior management positions at Fluor. Mr. Adler has gained extensive operational and project management experience in both home office engineering and site construction across a variety of industries. Mr. Adler holds a master’s degree from Delft University of Technology. He completed the international Master Business Administration program (MBA) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Mr. Adler is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.
Peter Wit, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Mr. Wit has a master’s degree in business administration from Groningen University, and a post doctorate degree in controlling from VU Amsterdam. Prior to joining the Company on 1 September 2009, Mr. Wit has been employed by Royal Dutch Shell plc. Where he most recently served as chief operations officer and finance manager of Shell Asset Management Company, Shell’s USD 40 billion in-house pension asset management firm. He previously worked for Shell as vice president finance of Shell’s Solar business, incorporate finance and as head of finance of Shell’s Albanian oil exploration venture. Mr. Wit is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.