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PERSONAL
Offshore Promotion List
17/10/15
Bo Johan Mattias Ottosson promoted from
Assistant Marine Section Leader Trainee to
Assistant Marine Section Leader, Waiting Pool
26/08/15
Charles Velie promoted from Senior DPO,
Maersk Developer, to Assistant Marine Section
Leader, Maersk Developer
23/09/15
Alexander Heil promoted from Marine Section
Leader, Maersk Developer, to OIM, Maersk Developer
Anniversaries
40 Years
01 September Hans Christensen, Operations.
25 Years
01 August Marianne Sorensen, CFO, Finance.
09 August Brian Kennedy, Maersk Integrator.
03 September Frank Eliassen, Operations.
05 September Jesper Hansen, Maersk Interceptor.
01 October Jan Franch Pedersen: Maersk Interceptor.
01 October Jens Lehmann Sorensen, Maersk Galant.
08 October Nigel Robinson, Waiting Pool.
09 October Jorgen Nielsen, Maersk Intrepid.
17 October Jarle Halvorsen, Mærsk Innovator.
07 November David Swanton, Mærsk Innovator.
08 November Lars Tynaes, Operations.
14 November Kaj Krabbe Nielsen, Operations.
19 November Bjarne Jorgensen, Marine Department.
21 November Jesper Wobbe, Maersk Integrator.
13 december Per Wetting, Operations.
14 December Jesper Krabbenhoft, Maersk Integrator.
18 December Hieu Trung Pham, Coating.
Ready for the job!
How is the HR department at Maersk Drilling navigating
the current low visibility market in the oil industry?
The newly appointed Head of HR, Lene Reitzel, is
ready to take on the challenge.
“I am very excited to join Maersk Drilling, and I am
currently getting re-acquainted with the organisation,”
Lene Reitzel says.
She continues:
“I am also aware that I am joining the company at a
difficult time for the industry where we are having to
navigate low visibility.”
Since 2013, Lene has been the Head of HR for Maersk
Tankers and a member of the Maersk Tankers Executive
Leadership Team.
Before that, she spent 11 years with Maersk Drilling,
most recently as the Head of Organisational Development
and Compensation & Benefits. She started her
career with the Maersk Group in 1989 as a Shipping
Trainee.
ment was starting to rebuild the organisation using a
new strategy.
Are you confronted with a similar challenge in
Maersk Drilling?
“In some ways. Maersk Drilling is having to adapt to a
challenging market, and HR is a vital pivot for defining
the transition and helping to maintain employee engagement
at a high level during this journey.”
What is your impression so far?
“My sense is of a cohesive organisation both on- and
offshore that is committed to delivering quality service,
and which is also widely recognised for doing so by our
customers,” explains Lene Reitzel.
How can HR help the company to adapt to
the new oil reality?
“The low oil price has changed the scope of our work in
the HR department. My predecessor, Jesper B. Madsen,
successfully began the process of setting the organisation
up for the totally new oil reality we find ourselves in
today. I intend to continue where he left off,” says Lene
Reitzel.
“I see HR’s role in this process ensuring that Maersk
Drilling has the organisation and people required to
succeed both now and in the future – in other words,
we are taking care of today, while actively preparing
for tomorrow. But it is still too early for me to be able to
identify all the factors that will enable us to achieve a
match with our current and future needs.”
Lene Reitzel joined Maersk Tankers after it had
endured years of cutbacks, at a time when its HR depart-
Lene Reitzel
Lene Reitzel started her career
in the Maersk Group in 1989 as a
Shipping Trainee.
She spent 11 years with Maersk
Drilling, latest as the Head of
Organisational Development and
Compensation & Benefits.
From 2013, Lene was the Head
of HR for Maersk Tankers and a
member of the Maersk Tankers
Executive Leadership Team.
In her free time, she enjoys a good
workout and spends a fair amount
of time watching her two sons
aged 14 and 17 play football all
across Zealand on the weekends.
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