New CEO at Bumi Armada

The board of Bumi Armada Berhad has appointed Leon A Harland as its new chief executive officer to take office on 16 May 2016.

Mr Harland is executive vice-president, commercial and technology of Heerema Marine Contractors and a member of the board of management, with joint responsibility for the company’s performance and direct responsibility for all commercial, contracting, engineering and innovation initiatives.

Prior to joining Heerema, he worked at SBM Offshore, the largest floating production, storage and offloading vessel operator in the world, where he held various positions in engineering, project management and business development. In 2004, Mr Harland was tasked to start up and build their floating LNG business.