JDR Adds Board Muscle

JDR, a UK based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has appointed Rob Hastings and Alan Wilson as Non-Executive Directors.

Rob Hastings is currently Executive Director of the corporate management board at The Crown Estate. He is directly responsible for the Energy & Infrastructure portfolio, constituting the Crown Estates’ property rights over the UK’s seabed.

The E&I portfolio includes renewable energy, submarine cables for interconnector power and telecommunications, pipelines for oil and gas transportation, natural gas storage, CO2 storage, aggregate extraction and dredging. He is also a Director of Indigo Power Ltd and Indigo Solar LLP which are both investing in low carbon energy solutions.

Alan Wilson worked for five years as CEO of Trelleborg Offshore Limited, which provided him with exposure to the offshore wind energy developments in addition to oil and gas.  Alan is currently a Non-Executive Chairman of a number of businesses, including Pressure Technologies, Rimor Limited and Modern Water.

“I am delighted to welcome Rob and Alan to JDR at such an exciting time,”  JDR Chief Executive Officer David Currie said.

”Our strategy of investing in technology, services and productivity means that our order-book in offshore renewables continues to grow and we are maintaining our strong market share in the oil and gas sector. Our recent multi-year framework agreements with Dong Energy and tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources demonstrate the depth of our partnerships in the rapidly growing renewables sector. Meanwhile, recent contract wins with Marathon, Apache and Subsea 7 in the UK North Sea demonstrate the value that our partners continue to place on our expertise in the face of a challenging sector environment. The investment we have announced in expanding our state-of-the-art Hartlepool facility will support the next phase of our growth, enabling us to offer unrivaled technical expertise to design, test and deliver the next generation of subsea technology for our customers.”