We’ve appointed Kevin Hawes as our Business Development Director as we step up ambitious growth plans.
Kevin takes the new role after securing a number of contract wins over the past year as our Business Development Manager. He has also been named as a Non-Executive Director.
Kevin, who is based at TMG Europe’s head office on Victoria Embankment in London, said: “TMG has demonstrated its international reach with new business in Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America recently.
“Despite increased global uncertainty, we have experienced a very successful year so far and aim to move the business into the next phase of its growth.
“I am ambitious for TMG and delighted to become its Business Development Director.”
Internationally experienced sales professional Kevin joined TMG in November 2016 with a highly successful background in business to business solution sales, key account management and new business development.
His extensive maritime experience includes 17 years in the Royal Naval Submarine Service where he reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander and, more recently, in sales of marine terminal and supply chain optimization solutions to oil and gas majors worldwide.
Our Managing Director Malcolm W Parrott said: “Kevin has been very instrumental in the growth of TMG since joining the company.
“He is ideally placed as Business Development Director to drive the business forward worldwide.”
Our services include marine consultancy; operational and business advice; bid development, management and support; safety and security at sea; ship brokerage and port development and marketing.
Other services include port operation and management; cargo and freight operations; maritime business development; ship inspections, audits and vetting; technical services and litigation services and expert witness.
We’ve recorded our busiest start to a year so far with rising demand for our services worldwide in 2017.
Our professional and friendly team have lined up contracts across multiple sectors after a surge of interest in in January.
Targeted projects cover ferry and cruise operations, port management, marine surveys, feasibility studies and maritime and border security.
Although the maritime market is toughening in certain sectors, there are still myriad opportunities available.
Our clients tell us they are seeking services which give them the competitive edge to develop and win new business.
We are seeing an increasing trend for the outsourcing of specialist services to ensure the most cost-effective solution for any given project.
Recent investment in our own business has helped us to our busiest first month of the year with extensive negotiations, proposals and expressions of interest for major projects.
It is an extremely positive and exciting time as we look forward to helping more businesses and organisations succeed in the maritime sector during 2017.
We’re bidding for work in the Caribbean, Mauritius, the Far East, the Middle East, East Africa, the Americas, Russia, the UK and Europe.
The latest successes come after significant developments at TMG.
We recently appointed experienced commercial manager Kevin Hawes as our Business Development Manager and Senior Consultant based in London.
We’ve also launched this website and gained ISO 9001 quality accreditation. Last year we joined forces with resilience management specialists State 21 and aligned with international security provider Bowline Defence Ltd.
We are also carrying out joint proposals with HSOG Limited/Graham & Woolnough Limited and Arup Limited.
For more details please call + 44 (800) 9551792 or +1 (260) 225 5864 or email info@the-maritime-group.com.