Annual Report 2010 - SBM Offshore

Michael Wyllie
British, 1958
Chief Technology Officer
Michael Wyllie joined the Company in
1995 as a senior process engineer, and
subsequently worked in engineering
management positions on several of
the Company’s major FPSO projects. In
2000 he moved into engineering department
management, and was appointed
Chief Engineer in SBM Offshore’s
Monaco office in 2002, a position which
he held for 4 years. In 2006 he was
assigned to a major bid as Proposal
Director, before taking the position of
Worldwide Director of Marketing & Sales
in 2008. He was appointed to the Board
of Management in January 2010, in the
position of Chief Technology Officer.
A graduate Chemical Engineer from
Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in
1980, and a Fellow of the Institution of
Chemical Engineers, he has previously
worked for Foster Wheeler Energy and
Total.
Jean-Philippe Laurès
French, 1964
Chief Commercial Officer
Jean-Philippe Laurès joined SBM
Offshore’s Monaco office in 1990 as a
structural engineer and subsequently
performed functions of increasing
responsibility within Engineering,
Operations, Production & Marketing
Departments. In 1997, he became a
Shore Base Manager in Nigeria and
in 1999 was appointed as Regional
Marketing Director in Angola. He
returned to Monaco office in 2001 and
has held various managerial positions
in the Engineering Department. In 2005,
Jean-Philippe became Area Sales
Vice-President of Marketing & Sales
and in 2007 moved to SBM Production
Contractors (fleet operations) where
he held the position of Vice-President
and in 2009 President of this operating
segment. In 2010, Jean-Philippe
was appointed Corporate Worldwide
Marketing & Sales Director of SBM
Offshore and in the same year was
appointed to the SBM Offshore Board
of Management as Chief Commercial
Officer. Prior to joining the Company,
Jean-Philippe was a Product Engineer
at INDIKOM (Metravib Instrument),
and a Section Leader at the Welding
Institute (TWI). A graduate from INSA,
Lyon, and PhD graduate from Tufts
University, Boston.R
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