Akel Appointed Senior VP, Global Operations, for Bristow Group Inc.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 13:18

Source: Bristow

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Jeremy Akel has been named Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Bristow Group Inc., one of the world’s largest providers of helicopter services. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the company’s operations and maintaining excellence in safety and service.

Akel joined the Bristow management team in 2004 initially in business development and transitioned to operations leadership in 2006. Most recently he served as the Director of the Other International Business Unit (OIBU). Prior to Bristow, Akel was an aviation business consultant specializing in transaction advisory and corporate restructuring projects for his firms’ clients.

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) is the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry based on the number of aircraft operated and one of two helicopter service providers to the offshore energy industry with global operations. The Company has major transportation operations in the North Sea, Nigeria and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and in most of the other major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Russia and Trinidad. For more information: http://www.bristowgroup.com/.