Roger Iliffe has left his position as chief executive at Hansa Heavy Lift and will be replaced by Steve Dawson and Alex Karakassis.
The German heavylift owner, controlled by Oaktree Capital, said Dawson and Karakassis will take over from Iliffe with immediate effect.
Hansa said: “Roger Iliffe has left in order to focus on independently pursuing other opportunities.”
Iliffe was appointed as interim chief executive of the company in 2013 after serving as acting chief executive since Hansa’s inception in 2011.
Dawson and Karakassis have also been with Hansa since its establishment more than five years ago.
They said in a joint statement: “Hansa Heavy Lift would like to thank Mr Iliffe for his efforts in developing the company into a best-in-class super heavy lift specialist and we wish him all the best for his new endeavours.”
Dawson will oversee Hansa’s engineering, technical and operational activities while Karakassis will keep its chief financial officer role and will be responsible for the group’s commercial and financial activities.
The new managing directors added: “We firmly believe that Hansa’s unique pool of engineering and technical resources will allow us to further strengthen our performance in our core super heavy lift and transport and installation (T&I) markets.
“Our company has a unique opportunity to now make the next step in becoming the leading operator in these segments.”
Hansa has been contacted for further comment.
