Maersk Drilling makes organizational changes

Sept. 20, 2019

Offshore staff

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Maersk Drilling is integrating the Operations, Commercial and Technical functions into one function, Operations, effective Sept. 27.

In addition, Global Business Solutions will change reporting line to the CFO.

As a result, the current COO, Angela Durkin, will step down, and chief technical officer Frederik Smidth will transition to head up Integrity & Projects in the new Operations function. Brian Nygaard will remain Head of Global Business Solutions and will change reporting line to the CFO.

The company’s Executive Leadership Team will consist of CEO Jørn Madsen, CFO Jesper Ridder Olsen, COO Morten Kelstrup, and Chief Strategy & People Officer Nikolaj Svane.

09/20/2019