HAV Design appoints managing director

HAV Design, a subsidiary of HAV Group, has hired Richard Schofield as its new managing director.

He has held leadership roles at maritime suppliers Kongsberg Evotec and Vard Electro, at aquaculture industry supplier Optimar, and at ship designer Ulstein Design & Solutions.

Mr Schofield joins HAV Design from a role as head of industrial competitiveness at cross-industrial cluster organisation NCE iKuben.

He holds an engineering degree in product development and manufacturing from Loughborough University, UK.