New leaders for Aker Kvaerner in Chile and Canada


Dave Lawson joined the organisation in 1981 and recently held positions such as Director of Project Services and Director of Engineering in Aker Kvaerner's office in San Ramon, California, and Vice President of Operations in the company's office in Santiago. He holds a Masters degree in Project Management from Cranfield University.
 
Don Gale, former Director of Technology in the San Ramon office, joined the organisation in 1988 and has more than 30 years of industry experience, with special expertise in process technologies for base metals and gold.
 
Both Dave and Don will report to Jim McGrath, President of Aker Kvaerner's worldwide Metals business, which provides project management, studies, engineering, procurement, construction, and plant start-up services to the mining and metals industry on a global basis.
 
For further information:
 
Aker Kvaerner, San Ramon, California: Jason Cohen, Manager of Marketing and Communications,
+1 925 244 6064
 
Aker Kværner ASA is through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Kvaerner") a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Kvaerner spans a number of industries, including Oil & Gas production, Refining & Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, Mining & Metals, Power, Pulping and Shipbuilding. Aker Kvaerner has aggregated annual revenues of approximately USD 6 billion and employs around 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries.
 
Oil, Gas, Process & Energy executes technology development, engineering and construction services for industries as diverse as Oil & Gas Onshore and Offshore Developments, Chemicals & Polymers, Pharmaceuticals, Government Services, and Mining & Metals. Our broad range of technical expertise and program services has been molded to support the life cycles of the industrial and technology-based companies that form the backbone of our economy.
 
Metals serves mining and mineral processing companies by providing studies, project management, EPC, EPCM, commissioning and start-up services. Full service offices are located in San Ramon, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States; Santiago, Chile; and Toronto, Canada. Aker Kvaerner Bowen, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, specialises in plant start-up and services to operating plants. Services to the Metals industry are also provided by AK Engineering Services in Europe and Aker Kvaerner Australia. These three organisations work closely together in support of our clients.