GL Noble Denton appoints Regional Head Asia/Pacific

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Hamburg, Germany, 12 February 2010 - Richard Bailey is the new Executive Vice President for the Asia/Pacific region at GL Noble Denton effective since February 1, 2010. He directs GL Noble Denton's services in markets as diverse as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines.

With strong upstream and midstream capabilities across the complete asset lifecycle, GL Noble Denton already provides international oil majors, independent operators and E&C companies in the region with technical design, consulting, assurance and execution services.

"GL Noble Denton's unique combination of high-end engineering and practical onshore and offshore operational experience enables it to provide truly independent consulting advice to clients", said Richard Bailey. "This, along with the opportunity to work on some of the world's most innovative and challenging engineering projects, makes it an attractive employer. I'm delighted to be joining an organisation with such a strong heritage."

Richard has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry and is familiar with the region having been based in Singapore for the last five years. His career encompasses international engineering, project management and business development roles with major industry players. In his position as Executive Vice President at GL Noble Denton he reports to GL Noble Denton's President John Wishart.

"With direct operational asset management experience Richard's comprehensive knowledge of the Asia/Pacific will further strengthen our client service offering in this strategically important region", said John Wishart, President GL Noble Denton.

About GL Noble Denton

GL Noble Denton is an independent advisor providing assurance, consulting and project management services for the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas business segment of the GL Group focuses on technical services and solutions along the entire life cycle of oil and gas installations onshore and offshore. GL Noble Denton combines excellent engineering and analytical skills with operation experience of oil and gas assets.

GL Noble Denton is the merger between Germanischer Lloyd's (GL) oil and gas business and Noble Denton, a premier provider of life cycle marine and offshore engineering services. Since January 2010, they offer their services as GL Noble Denton.