Penspen announces the addition of two high-profile new appointments to its executive committee, including chief operating officer and executive vice president, sales and marketing.
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Penspen's new CEO is Dr. Caroline Brown, who is responsible for the efficient operation of the company’s global operations across Europe and Africa, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and The Americas.
Dr. Brown has managed FTSE100 and rapidly growing companies as an executive director of Petrofac Energy Developments, Gulf Keystone Petroleum, and KBC. She has a background in energy corporate finance with blue-chip banks including Merrill Lynch, UBS and HSBC and is an experienced non-executive director with companies including WSP Group plc, Bridge Energy ASA and Intelligent Energy plc. Dr. Brown holds a first class degree and PhD in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, a masters of business administration from the Cass Business School, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and, a chartered director and member of the Institute of Directors.
Neale Carteris the new executive vice president, sales and marketing and is responsible for Penspen’s global business development, marketing communications, strategy and planning. With a strong track record in oil and gas services executive management, sales, marketing and operations, he joins Penspen from Weatherford Ltd. where he was head of global sales responsible for the development of sales capability and performance for over 120 product lines and 110 countries.
Prior to his time at Weatherford, Carter spent more than five years in global oilfield services executive management as the chief executive officer of Tendeka and Sensornet, and four years in sales, marketing and operations management with Easywell, and Weatherford. He began his career as a testing field engineer for Schlumberger, where he held a number of operations and management positions and has over 23 years’ experience in the energy industry. Neale holds a master’s degree in engineering from Robert Gordon’s University.