Global Energy Ventures Ltd (ASX:GEV) is strengthening its executive team through the appointment of highly experienced maritime professional Per Roed as chief technical officer (CTO) effective on February 7, 2022.
In this role, Roed will drive innovation, design, construction and delivery of GEV’s hydrogen shipping and port solutions and will play an important role in business case and project development activities.
Roed, who has more than 20 years of experience in ship design, newbuilds, ship management and marine and commercial operations of chemical tankers, standard and small-scale gas carriers, terminals, gas supply and import solutions, will report to the company’s managing director and CEO Martin Carolan.
Dedication “will be invaluable”
GEV’s non-executive chairman Andrew Pickering said: “We are delighted to have secured someone with the calibre of Per who I have known for many years during my time at Stolt-Neilsen and as the founding CEO of Avenir LNG.
"I have seen first-hand his talent to identify innovative ways to optimise and manage newbuild design and construction, and his dedication and global network from previous roles will be invaluable to GEV at this exciting stage.”
Industry experience
Roed's recent experience includes a senior management role with Stolt-Nielsen and is serving as CTO of Avenir LNG MS Ltd, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where he has led the management of investments in new chemical tanker and small-scale LNG tonnage and the start-up of Avenir’s first LNG terminal.
Avenir LNG is a joint venture between Stolt-Nielsen, Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Hoegh LNG, and Roed is seconded from Stolt Tankers to Avenir LNG to manage new capital expenditure projects, ship management and marine and commercial operations of small-scale LNG ships, terminals, and gas supply and import solutions.
“Highly capable and respected leader”
GEV’s managing director and CEO Martin Carolan said: “The appointment of Per is a major accomplishment for GEV given his track record and global experience. It is also recognition of the ambitious program we have underway to deliver compressed hydrogen solutions globally.
"The 20 years of technical experience in marine design, construction and delivery of tankers will be invaluable as we embark upon the next 12-24 months of development of our shipping program with detailed design, class approvals and working with yards for newbuilds.
"Per also has extensive experience in developing business cases that include storage and port solutions that will assist our development and delivery of compressed hydrogen projects.
“GEV’s growth means we not only need transformational engineering leadership, but also a highly capable and respected leader who can attract and develop world-class talent to our team.”
Stolt Tankers work
Before the Avenir LNG role, Roed was global manager, Newbuilding & Technical, Stolt Tankers B.V, The Netherlands and actively involved in fleet planning and the development of business cases for acquisitions, newbuilds, retrofits and disposals.
He was also responsible for executing the approved projects for Stolt Tankers and Avenir LNG and providing project management to other Stolt-Nielsen affiliated companies on all shipping related capex projects.
“Clean energy of the future”
Commenting on his appointment, Per Roed said: “Hydrogen has the potential to be the clean energy of the future. For this reason, I am very excited to join GEV to take the opportunity to develop and deliver innovative compressed hydrogen projects.
"I look forward to introducing my network of industry stakeholders to GEV’s efficient hydrogen production and shipping solutions, which have the potential to facilitate a measurable switch to hydrogen in the global energy mix. GEV can offer this through efficient hydrogen production and shipping solutions.”
Previous roles
Prior to Stolt Tankers, Roed was managing director, BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore, responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary engineering, science and technology company offering a broad range of services within shipping, risk and safety, maritime infrastructure and capital projects.
He was responsible for defining the company strategy and managing the business, as well as being intimately involved in market, feasibility, asset management and engineering projects in Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa mainly on shipping and ports and terminals.
Previous to this, he was director, A.P. Moller – Maersk/Maersk Maritime Technology, Denmark and Singapore and was responsible for the design, construction and delivery of all commercial ships to the A.P. Moller/Maersk fleet, leading a team of project managers, naval architects and mechanical and electrical engineers in Denmark and Singapore.
Roed holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bond University, Australia, 2001 and a Master of Science (Marine Engineering), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 1999.
He will be based in Rotterdam and then transition to Norway from July 2022 where GEV plans to establish a new European office.