Mr. Yoshihide Yahata has taken over as General Manager - Goltens Japan with effect from 22nd February 2010.

Yoshi holds an engineering degree majoring in Electronics and Telecommunication. He has worked in Marine electronics field as Technical Manager with 21 years of maritime / marine / shipbuilding experience in Japan and internationally for both new ships and after service of equipment on existing ships.

He has worked with both local and international companies of repute and has business relationship with major shipyards, ship owners and ship management companies locally and Internationally.

In his previous assignment, he worked as a Technical Manager from 1995 until 2009. In this role he was responsible for technical, commercial and project management of commissioning new equipment, retrofitting older systems, after sales service and quality aspects both domestically and also in Singapore, Malaysia and China.

As we all are aware that Japanese Ship owners are ranked No.2, it is a very important market for Goltens both with regards to developing relationship with the Japanese ship owners, management companies but also with the engine builders, principals and trading houses. We believe Yoshi will be instrumental in develop and increasing Goltens Group business from Japanese clients.

 

Mr. Kjetil M. Leine has taken over as Business Development Director Goltens Worldwide with effect from 15th January 2010.

Kjetil holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture from the University of Trondheim, Norway. He is 45 years old, married and has three children.

Kjetil worked for Goltens Dubai from 1996 until 1998 as Sales and Marketing Manager and as Sales and Marketing Director from 1998 until 2000. In June 2000 he joined Rolls-Royce Marine, one of the world’s largest suppliers of Marine equipment, as Managing Director for Rolls-Royce Marine Singapore and Vice President for Rolls-Royce Marine Asia Pacific.

In June 2007 Kjetil took up the position of Senior Vice President at ODIM ASA in Norway and in November 2007 he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer. During Kjetil’s time at ODIM ASA, a technology company listed on the Norwegian stock exchange supplying advanced equipment to the marine offshore industry, the company grew significantly both in terms of revenue and in footprint as a result of a planned acquisition strategy that was executed.

The Goltens Worldwide Board and Goltens Advisory Board will in 2010 and the years to come put a lot of emphasis on development of the Goltens Group to ensure we strengthen our position in the market. As can be seen from Kjetil’s resume above, he brings a lot of experience to the table from related marine businesses both from his Norwegian and international assignments in Rolls Royce and ODIM and not least from his earlier tenure in Goltens Middle East. Kjetil’s primary task will be to assist the President of Worldwide Service and the Advisory Board to develop the Goltens Group in the right direction both regionally and worldwide.

We all welcome Kjetil back to Goltens and wish him all the best for his new position in Goltens Worldwide,

 

Goltens recently inaugurated its 3 new workshop facilities in Vietnam, India and Saudi Arabia.



Goltens Vietnam Workshop Inauguration



Goltens India Workshop Inauguration



Goltens Red Sea Workshop Inauguration
 

Owners of the Goltens Group of Companies , Carol and Henry Kasper from New York and Sylvia and Eivind Strand from Massachusetts along with Paul Friedberg, President - Worldwide Services graced the inauguration of the new office premises in Korea