David McGinley's appointment at Cammell Laird ShipRepairers and Shipbuilders
A&P Group have announced the appointment of David McGinley as Chief Executive Officer of Marine Support Services (Cammell Laird & APMS). David currently holds the position of Managing Director Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services.
Throughout David’s career he has held several senior Director Posts, more recently at Babcock International Group primarily as a Business Development Director in the Marine and Technology Division and latterly as the Commercial Marine Director.
In 2017 David Joined the A&P Group as Group Managing Director responsible for all Ship repair activities and operations at the A&P Group facilities in the North East of England, Falmouth and Great Yarmouth.
During 2018 David became an Executive Director as Managing Director Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services Ltd, adding to his management portfolio the Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company, Marine Designs Ltd and A&P Australia PTY.
David is a visiting Professor at the University Of Stirling Business School in Scotland and is a past President of the UK Shipbuilders and Ship repairers Association, part Chair of the Association of British Offshore Industries and is a Director of the Society of Maritime Industries.
John Syvret CBE and former Exec Chairman and CEO, said:
“Firstly I would like to congratulate David on his appointment. I have had the pleasure of working with David for three and a half years. David is a driven person and sets high standards, with a broad knowledge of Shipyards and the sector as a whole. I am absolutely certain that in his enlarged role of CEO of Cammell Laird and APMS he will continue to work with the teams, and build on the success of both business to date”.
About Cammell Laird:
Cammell Laird is one of the most famous names in British industry with roots tracing back to the early 19th Century. The business is located on the River Mersey, in the Liverpool City Region, on the West Coast of England. It is in the centre of a marine cluster, with direct access to many support services. It has a 120 acre site with four dry docks, a non-tidal wet basin, large modular construction hall and extensive covered workshops. Cammell Laird specialises in military ship refit, commercial ship repair, upgrade and conversion and heavy fabrication and engineering. It deals with a wide variety of projects ranging from specialist offshore conversions and fabrication, commercial ship-repair through to the refit and upgrade of highly complex naval auxiliaries. It has also recently re-entered the ship-building market. The business is further active in the energy sector. It has become a hub of the off shore wind industry and it is offering its facilities and highly trained workforce of engineers for work in the civil nuclear sector and the off shore oil and gas sector. w: www.clbh.co.uk
Contact A&P:
e: info(at)ap-group.co.uk
w: www.ap-group.co.uk
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