IBIA appoints three board members

Thu 3 Mar 2011, 17:08 GMT

IBIA appoints three board members

Three members are elected to IBIA's board of directors, two members retire.

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has confirmed that three members were elected to its board of directors at its Annual General Meeting on Monday 21 February, 2011.

Eugenia Benevides of Organización Terpel S.A. and former Tramp Oil director Paul Dyke were elected - and John Stirling of DNV Petroleum Services was re-elected - to the board with effect from 1st April, 2011. They will each serve for a period of three years.

The retiring members of the board are former IBIA Chairman and founder of Bunker Claims International, Chris Fisher, and Cockett Group’s Technical Director, Angus Ogilvie, who will be retiring at the end of the year.

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