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IGEM NEWS | Obituaries



                 MICHAEL THOMPSON         JOHN TAYLOR
                 GRADE: Chartered Member   GRADE: Chartered Member
                 SECTION: North East &    SECTION: South West
                 Yorkshire                AGE: 87                                          igem.org.uk
                 AGE: 67                                                                   facebook.com/IGEMpage
                                          RONALD HIDER                                     twitter.com/IGEMGi
                 JOHN FURSLAND            GRADE: Fellow
                 GRADE: Chartered Member   SECTION: London,
                 SECTION: South West      Southern & Eastern          Journal of the Institution of
                 AGE: 93                  AGE: 90                     Gas Engineers and Managers

                 IAN POUND
                 GRADE: Engineering
                 Technician                                                       Industry risks being left in
                                                                                     NEWS
                                                                                  the cold as gas market hits
                 SECTION: Midlands                                                countries less likely to gain
                                                                                    12-year high
                                                                                  Women in gender-equal
                                                                                    STEM degrees
                 AGE: 57                                                APRIL 2018  billion of Israeli natural gas
                                                                                  Egyptian firm to buy $15
                  IGEM NEWS | Gas People
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                 NEW APPOINTMENTS AT ENERGY ASSETS
                               MARGARET MACLEAN has been               HANDS ON
                               appointed Head of HR and Compliance at   LEARNING
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                               Energy Assets Group, one of Britain’s   Covers.indd   4  15/03/2018   16:18
                               leading independent metering services,
                               asset management and utility network   Patron               Produced and designed
                                                                      Her Majesty The Queen
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                               construction companies.                                     + 44 (0) 203 900 0145
                                 Margaret joins Energy Assets with    President            E: gi@syonmedia.com
                               over 20 years’ senior management       Sheila Lauchlan      www.syonmedia.com
                               experience in human resources and      BSc IEng FIGEM
                               finance across multiple sectors, including   President Elect
                               working as Assistant Chief Executive for   Steve Edwards
                               a successful employability organisation.  BSc MIGEM
                                 And Steven Lynch has been appointed
                 to the position of Managing Director of Energy Assets   Vice-President    © Published by IGEM
                 Utilities (Scotland) to support the continued growth and   Antony Green   T: +44(0)1509 678 159
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                 development of the business.                         FCIWEM MIW
                   Steven joined the Energy Assets Group in December                       IGEM House,
                 2015 with the acquisition of Blyth Utilities – a utility   Honorary Secretary  26 & 28 High Street,
                 network construction company he co-founded with his   Gordon Davies       Kegworth
                 brother Colin – and was previously Commercial Director of   CEng FIGEM    Derby
                                                                                           DE74 2DA.
                 Energy Assets Utilities. Colin was recently named Chief   Chief Executive Officer
                 Executive Officer of Energy Assets Group.            Sarb Bajwa           Registered Charity No.
                                                                      BSc AIGEM            214011
                 NEW FACES AT OIL & GAS UK
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                                                                      Sharon Baker-Hallam
                               TWO NEW FACES are among three key      BA Hons AIGEM        It is believed that the
                               appointments announced by Oil & Gas UK.  T: +44(0)1509 678 186  statements made in
                                 Gareth Wynn has taken on the post of   E: sharon@igem.org.uk  this publication are
                               Director of the Stakeholder and                             based on accurate and
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                               Membership Relations Manager           Overseas: £169.99 ($266)
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                               responsible for looking after all aspects
                               of the trade body’s membership. Prior to
                               this role, Karis was a Business Adviser in
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                               specialism in decommissioning. ■



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