ASKER, Norway -- Kristian Johansen will succeed Robert Hobbs as CEO of TGS on March 11, the company said Wednesday. After eight years with TGS, including nearly seven years as CEO, Hobbs has decided to retire.
Johansen joined TGS in 2010 as CFO and was appointed COO in February 2015.Prior to joining TGS,he was the executive V.P.and CFO of EDB Business Partner (now Evry) in Oslo,which is one of the largest IT groups in the Nordic region.Johansen also has experience in the construction,banking and oil industries.Anative of Norway,he earned his undergraduate and Master's degrees in business administration from the University of New Mexico in 1998 and 1999.
"The board is deeply grateful to Robert Hobbs for the leadership he has demonstrated and the invaluable contributions he has made since joining the TGS team in 2008. Under his guidance, TGS has become the largest and most successful multi-client geoscientific data provider in the world," Hank Hamilton, chairman of TGS’ board of directors, said.
