BRISTOW WORLD

• Houston: Employees participated in Junior Achievement’s “BizTown,” aprogram encompassing work readiness, entrepreneurship and financialliteracy for students in grades four through six. Bristow also donated$1,500 to furnish two apartments for The Women’s Home project,which provides safe and affordable housing in a sober and drug-freeenvironment. Many employees donated household items or volunteeredto support the group.• Europe Business Unit (Aberdeen): Bristow volunteers spent a dayhelping maintain the Campbell School, where adults and children withlearning disabilities develop independence by working on the land,painting and building.Bristow’s Shay James (left), with interior decorator Sharon Baker, volunteered sevendays a week for more than a month to support The Women’s Home project in Houston.Bristow realigns Senior Management TeamBristow recently announced a series of management changes and relatedmoves to streamline communications and processes while improvingcompetitiveness. The actions include:• Jeremy Akel was appointed senior vice president,Operations, succeeding Richard Burman, whoretired. Akel previously served as director of theInternational Business Unit (IBU).• Michael Shaffer, controller, was named interimdirector of the IBU.• All Senior Management Team members are nowJeremy Akel located in Houston. “This will allow us to clarifyroles and streamline a number of critical processesto improve revenue and Bristow Value Added through the Client Promise,”CEO Bill Chiles said.• Business Unit Directors continue to report to Akel.• Mark Embleton was appointed site manager, Redhill, in addition to hiscurrent role as controller for shared services.Business Development Managers now report directly to Mark Duncan,senior vice president, Commercial. Directors within Administration (HumanResources, Information Technology, Communications), Legal and Financereport directly to the respective senior vice presidents responsible for thoseareas.“This is a vital new path for our company,” Chiles said. “We need to dothings differently if we are to achieve breakthrough performance in a highlycompetitive market.OTHER Management ChangesMaryJane Mudd has joined Bristowas director, Global Communications.She has more than 25 years ofexperience creating and implementingaward-winning internal and externalcommunications programs. Muddreports directly to Hilary Ware, seniorvice president, Administration.Mark Long was appointed to theposition of director, Financial andReporting Systems. He has extensivebackground in project management,design and implementation of globalfinancial software systems to support allfinancial processes. Long reports to ChiefInformation Officer Steve Sidney.Maggie Montaigne recently joinedBristow as vice president, BusinessDevelopment and Marketing, responsiblefor improving client relationships on astrategic level and accelerating the ClientPromise initiative. Montaigne reportsto Mark Duncan, senior vice president,Commercial.Bristow World 2008 / Issue 11II11