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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Billings Assumes OMSA Leadership The Offshore Marine Service As- sociation announced that Ben Billings has offi cially assumed the position of President and CEO. Billings comes to OMSA from Washington, D.C. where he has worked for the past nine years on maritime issues in the U.S. Senate for Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmen- tal Affairs. Billings takes over for Jim Adams, who leaves OMSA to manage a start-up business. Grennan Appointed Global Diving & Salvage CEO/President Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. has announced Devon Grennan, Presi- dent for the past four years, will now also take on the position of Chief Ex- ecutive Offi cer. American Club Strengthens Management Team Michael Hansen will join the man- agement team on a full-time basis on January 1 as vice president and global business development direc- tor. Hansen spent many years before joining SCB in various positions at AP Moller-Maersk (APMM). Jack O’Kane joins the fi rm as vice president and business development director for the Americas. He has worked both in underwriting and broking, having previously served in senior posts at AIG, Reliance National, Marsh, XL Specialty and Tower Group. Boriana Farrar will also join the New York claims team. In addition to her na- tive language, she is fl uent in English, Russian and German. U.S. Superyacht Assn Names New Board of Directors The U.S. Superyacht Association has announced its 2013-14 board of directors. John J. Mann, III (Bluewa- ter Books and Charts) will continue his role as Chairman. He is joined on the Executive Committee by Kristina Hebert– Vice Chairman (Ward’s Ma- rine Electric), Corey Ranslem (Inter- national Maritime Security Associ- ates, Inc.) (Advocacy Co-Chair); Tim Davey – Immediate Past Chairman (ISS GMT), Peter Schrappen - Ad- vocacy Co-Chair (Northwest Marine Trade Association), Marketing Chair- man, Bert Fowles from IGY Marinas, Mark Cline – Treasurer (Cline Finan- cial Group) and Jim Perry – General Counsel (Perry & Neblett, P.A.) Safariland Group Appoints Kubasik to Board of Directors Maui Acquisition Corp, the parent corporation of The Safariland Group announced the appointment of Chris- topher E. Kubasik to its Board of Di- rectors effective immediately. In addi- tion to serving on the Board, Kubasik will also serve as the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. Kuba- sik served in various senior leadership roles at Lockheed Martin Corpora- tion from 1999 to 2012. Rolls-Royce Names Offshore President Rolls-Royce has appointed John Knudsen as President - Offshore, in its Marine business. Knudsen will transition into his new role through the month of January 2014. Mr. Ferrar Hansen O’KaneBillings Grennan Norman N. DeJong Norman N. DeJong passed away on November 7, 2013. Norman was one of the founding partners of DeJong & Lebet, Inc., Naval Architects. He was born in Blokker, Noord Holland, the Netherlands, immigrating to the US after earning a BS in Naval Architecture at HTS Haarlem in 1959. He worked at Phillip F. Spaulding in Seattle, and NASSCO in San Diego before moving to Jacksonville, FL to work at Gibbs / Aerojet General in 1963. Norman was known for his innovative designs and problem solving ability in the marine industry. His early work in tugboat and other workboat designs started in 1968 when he founded the Naval Architecture fi rm Eagle Marine, which became DeJong & Associates. This was followed by over 25 years of design and engineering work primarily in the passenger vessel industry. Norman was 75 years old at the time of his passing. January 2014 50 MN MN JAN14 Layout 50-59.indd 50 12/20/2013 10:20:29 AM
