UK based engineering and offshore services company EnerMech has promoted Ruairi Kerr to senior vice president business development.
He joined the company in 2020 from energy consulting and contracting firm Kentz - now Kent - as development director for the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa. After four years in the role, he will now be responsible for increasing sales and building relationships with new and existing customers and strengthening the company's connections with its key clients.
Ruairi Kerr
Kerr began his career in 2005 as a civil engineer with Mouchel Parkman in Ireland, transferring to sister company Mouchel - now part of WSP - the following year to take up a job as project manager for the UA and Kuwait. In 2011. He moved to Kentz as business development manager for the UAE, Qatar and Oman, taking over as regional director of business development for the Asia Pacific region in late 2015, leaving for EnerMech in July 2020.
Speaking of his promotion Kerr said: “I’m very much looking forward to this new role and am grateful for the faith the company has placed in me to take the development of our business forward, in what is an exciting time for EnerMech. There are huge opportunities to extend our expertise and solutions into new markets with our innovation and new technologies and I will be working with our exceptional team, committed to advancing and securing our place as global partner of choice with our clients.”
Chief executive Charles ‘Chuck’ Davison added: “Ruairi has a reputation for exceptional customer focus which is fully aligned to our core values. His teamwork, leadership skills and commercial acumen have consistently impressed me. I have great confidence in him being the right person to guide our business development activities right across the company. Promoting to this role from within exemplifies our commitment to investing in our future talent and highlights the importance of succession planning in the organisation.”
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