The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Allen Leatt as Chief Executive. He will be joining on 1 October 2015 from Subsea 7, where he has been Senior VP for Engineering and Project Management.
IMCA has thousand-plus member companies in over 60 countries involved in underwater engineering, marine and offshore engineering.
Allen has over 30 years’ international experience in the marine contracting business with leading companies including Subsea 7, Acergy and Technip. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a chartered engineer in the UK.
In addition to Allen, IMCA also declared Richard Benzie as Technical Director.