Stirling Group announced another key change for its Aberdeen-based UK business yesterday.
It is just over a month since the Middle East company, which delivers health, safety and environmental services to the global oil and gas industry, rebranded its Altor Risk Group subsidiary.
Alan McIntyre has been appointed to head up emergency response and crisis management consultancy services in the UK, which includes the running of the £250,000 incident management centre (IMC) in Aberdeen.
Mr McIntyre will lead a team of more than 20 staff to deliver crisis and continuity management support to clients in the UK and elsewhere in Europe following Stirling’s acquisition of Altor Risk Group last year.
He takes over the top job in the UK division from Matthew Wardner, the former British Army lieutenant colonel who joined Altor in September 2011 and is now chief executive of Fife-based Inverroy Crisis Management.
Mr McIntyre joined Stirling in 2012 as lead major emergency management instructor and most recently held the position of training manager for the group in Europe.
Prior to working in emergency response and crisis management roles, he had three years as a technician with Petrofac Training Services followed by a spell as a safety representative with Rowan Drilling.
Stirling managing director Angus Neil said: “Alan’s in-depth knowledge and hands-on offshore experience are invaluable in his role as country manager.
“The UK team has created a strong foundation in its first five years of operation. Alan will be instrumental in growing our services to provide oil and gas companies with the skills, knowledge, resources, training and support to ensure they are adequately equipped to deal with any emergency situation.”
Mr McIntyre said: “This is a very exciting time for Stirling Group and I look forward to the opportunity to co-ordinate our efforts across the UK and Europe to ensure we continue to deliver cost-effective services to reduce our clients’ exposure to risk.”
Dubai-based Stirling has operations in the UK, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kurdistan, Algeria, Malaysia and Indonesia.
It is also active in southern Iraq, where it is training local people to become professional firefighters.
The group opened an office in Erbil, Kurdistan, about two years ago and in May this year added a new training centre with a rig for simulation exercises.
Its IMC facility in Aberdeen provides round-the-clock support to global companies in the event of an emergency and is staffed by a large pool of specialist “responders” and client representatives.
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