Operational Excellence (OPEX) Group Ltd has appointed Gerry Ward as vice president to drive the company’s ambitious growth plans. Ward, former managing director for Wood Group Engineering (North Sea), brings extensive knowledge to the company which specializes in helping oil and gas operators eliminate production loss and unplanned breakdowns.
With 30 years of relevant operational oil and gas experience under his belt, Ward will spear-head the company’s growth targeting major operators to build on its rapidly growing client base.
OPEX chairman Jamie Bennett said: “Today’s leading oil and gas companies are striving with the challenges of achieving high performance often from ageing assets. OPEX provides highly specialist services enabled by proprietary technology to deliver operational excellence. Put simply, we provide compelling reasons for operational change based on solid engineering facts”.
“Gerry’s technical and commercial experience in the operations and service side of the industry gives him a significant understanding of our business and makes him an extremely valuable addition to our team as we enter the next stage of our growth.”
Speaking about his new appointment, Ward said: “I’m thrilled to be joining a dynamic and forward-thinking company that is focused solely on the elimination of production loss and unplanned breakdowns. Our offering is unique and in a space which is of significant strategic importance to our clients and the industry at large”.