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ports required prior to the issuance of

Certifi cates of Inspection (COI).

Aucoin Named GM at Schottel

Gary Aucoin is the new General

Manager of SCHOTTEL. Most re-

cently, from 2010, he held the role

of account manager at Finnish Wart-

sila with responsibility for both new

business development and after sales

service in the offshore market. Aucoin

earned a master degree in business ad-

ministration before embarking on a

15-year career in the maritime sector

from which he acquired the in-depth

sales and marketing knowledge of the

North American market.

Foss Maritime CEO

Transition Complete

John Parrott assumed the role of Pres-

ident and CEO of Foss Maritime on

January 1, 2017. Parrott joined Foss

in January 2016 as Chief Operating

Offi cer; in August 2016 he assumed

the role of President from retiring

President and CEO Paul Stevens. “It’s

a great honor to lead Foss and work

with the talented and dedicated mari-

time professionals that make it such an

amazing company,” said Parrott. “We

have an exciting road ahead of us.”

GLDD Appoints Levenson

to BoD, Announces Privet

Group Deal

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corpo-

ration (GLDD) announced that Ryan

Levenson has been appointed to the

Board of Directors, effective Decem-

ber 27, 2016. Levenson has also been

appointed to the Nominating and

Corporate Governance Committee.

Levenson’s appointment is part of a

settlement and standstill agreement

that Great Lakes entered into on De-

cember 27, 2016 with Privet Fund

Management LLC and Privet Fund

LP, the benefi cial owner of 5.2% of

Great Lakes’ outstanding shares.

Port of New Orleans

Announces Christian as

President & CEO

Brandy D. Christian has begun ser-

vice as the Port of New Orleans’

president and chief executive offi cer

following her two-year tenure as its

chief operating offi cer. Prior to her

service as COO with the Port of New

Orleans, she held leadership positions

with the Port of San Diego for 14

years. During her tenure with Califor-

nia’s fourth-largest cargo port, Chris-

tian was the driving force behind se-

curing major accounts for the cruise

and cargo business lines at the Port.

Christian is the fi rst woman President

and CEO in Port NOLA’s 120-year

history and one of the few women

port directors in the country. She suc-

ceeds Gary LaGrange, who served as

president and chief executive offi cer

for the past 15 years.

Trojan Battery Adds Getty to

C-suite

John Getty will lead manufacturing

operations for Trojan Battery as the

company’s new senior vice president

of operations. Getty is responsible

for manufacturing operations, en-

PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Aucoin Parrott Christian LaGrange

GAC has announced new manage-

ment appointments at both the

Group and individual company

level. Martin Wallgren has been

appointed the Group’s Chief In-

formation Offi cer (CIO). Before

joining GAC at its Dubai head

offi ce, Wallgren was the CIO for

the Stena Group in Sweden. GAC

Dubai’s Managing Director Stuart

Bowie will take over as the Group

Vice President – Commercial. He

will replace Christer Sjödoff, who

retires at the end of January. Ron-

ald Lichtenecker, formerly Manag-

ing Director of GAC Hub Services

(GHS) will take the reins as Com-

pany Manager for GAC Dubai.

His role with GHS Managing

Director will be assumed by Lars

Hardeland, currently the com-

pany’s Strategic Sourcing Manager.

Tatyana Shorokhova has been ap-

pointed General Manager for GAC

Russia. She brings to her new role

more than 25 years of experience

in the development, execution and

management of forwarding proj-

ects in Russia and worldwide.

New Management

Appointments at GAC

Wallgren Bowie

Lichtenecker Hardeland Shorokhova

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