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Chris Heaton has joined Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer. Chris replaces Quentin Baker as part of BakerRisk’s ownership and management succession plan. Baker will remain with BakerRisk, serving as chairman of the board, and will continue to support clients with incident investigations, engineering studies and research programs. Heaton has executive experience with risk engineering and consulting, fire protection engineering, life safety and incident investigation companies, and holds degrees in civil engineering and architecture.

SensoTech has announced a high level management restructuring which represents a generational change in leadership. Robert Benecke and Hannes Benecke, sons of the founder Dr. Ingo Benecke have become the company’s new managing directors with immediate effect, replacing Dr. Ingo Benecke and SensoTech cofounder Mathias Bode, who have run the company for 30 years, developing and producing sonic velocity measuring instruments for liquid analysis which can be found in numerous industrial plants around the globe.

Robert and Hannes Benecke said that they are looking forward to the new challenges and tasks: “In a way, we grew up in the company and know many employees for a very long time. SensoTech GmbH has very well-functioning structures and we look forward to further developing the company. We would like to thank the previous managing directors for their trust and look forward to the new tasks.” The objectives of the new management are the further development of the individual company divisions and the expansion of the international sales network. In this way, the successful course of the past years is to be further pushed.

Retiring director Dr Ingo Benecke said: “We would like to thank our employees, customers and business partners for the good, long-term cooperation. We had both good time and difficult. But even the difficult times were mastered through active commitment. With the handover to Robert and Hannes Benecke, we are banking on the future. The new management will tackle the tasks ahead with high motivation and determination and further develop SensoTech GmbH. We are convinced of this.”

AMETEK Land has promoted James Cross to the role of global industry manager for the hydrocarbon processing sector (HPI). Having worked at AMETEK Land since 2018 and reporting to the Director of Development and Product Management, Cross will continue to carry out his existing role as regional sales manager – Middle East, whilst taking on new responsibilities for driving growth globally within the HPI sector. This includes working along the sales and marketing team to profile the market and gather customer data to steer the future product roadmap.

David Primhak, Director of Development and Product Management at AMETEK Land, said, “We are delighted to appoint James to the role of Global Industry Manager for HPI. He has a proven track record of developing new markets and his ability to understand customer requirements and provide innovative solutions will enable us to gain new business opportunities globally. HPI is a growing market for us and we wish James all the best in his new role.”

Chemtrade Logistics says that Mark Davis has informed the board that he will retire as president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2021. Scott Rook, currently the Chief Operating Officer (COO), will replace Davis upon his retirement. Rook joined the organization as COO in September 2019 as part of Chemtrade’s succession plan. Chair of the Chemtrade board, Lorie Waisberg, said: “Mr. Davis was instrumental in forming Chemtrade in 2001 and has served as its president and CEO since that time. Under his leadership, Chemtrade has substantially grown its business portfolio and organizational capabilities and has returned over $1.1 billion of capital to its unitholders.”

Mark Davis said, “I am extremely proud of the organisation and business portfolio that my team built over the last 20 years. Recently, our resilience during the COVID pandemic has validated the strength of our culture and diversified businesses. Since joining Chemtrade, Scott has demonstrated genuine leadership and deep knowledge of our businesses. I will be leaving Chemtrade in good hands.”