Vikoma International Limited appointed Guy Downie as Sales and Marketing Director.
Vikoma, which is part of Aberdeen head-quartered Energy Environmental Group, a design manufacture and installation of oil spill containment and recovery equipment. The business has a global reputation for the development of innovative, high performance products to deal with the full range of oil spill scenarios.
The company says Mr Downie will bring a valuable mixture of leadership, experience and professionalism in driving future growth.
Mr Downie joins the company from Freudenberg Oil & Gas where he was European Sales Director. Prior to this he worked for six years at Trelleborg Offshore, most recently in the role of Vice President for the Offshore Construction Group.
He will assume direct leadership for regional sales managers, internal market support and sales administration functions. In addition, Mr Downie will be responsible for Vikoma’s global agency network.
Peter Tyler, Vikoma’s Managing Director, said: “Guy brings considerable experience in international sales to this role and we are confident that he will be key as we look to continue expansion into new territories and markets.
“We are rapidly earning a reputation across oil & gas and defence sectors for consistently delivering quality and reliability. Our highly skilled team has a wealth of knowledge and experience and Guy will be a good fit as we continue to grow.”
The appointment follows Vikoma’s recently announced contract with KBR (Kellogg, Brown and Root). Worth more than £2.5million, the deal will see Vikoma support the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) deployable fuels infrastructure including aircraft and ground vehicle refuelling operations.
Vikoma will provide rugged and portable powerpacks for the Joint Operational Fuel System (JOFS) project which covers the Army, Air Force and Navy. The contract also includes the supply of fuel tanker rollover kits.
The powerpacks, which are designed, tested and manufactured by Vikoma, deliver the hydraulic drive to operate refuelling pumps which facilitate fuel transfer, storage and issue in both extreme weather conditions and harsh environments. The rollover kits are utilised to capture any fuel spilt in the event of a fuel tanker accident.
The systems were specially adapted from Vikoma standard designs and manufactured by Vikoma under an earlier contract with KBR, who supply the MoD with capital equipment and support services.
The order for an increased number of units comes after powerpacks supplied under the previous contract were successfully deployed over two years in locations as diverse as Afghanistan and the Falkland Islands.
