Teledyne Oil & Gas (TOG) appointed Colin Taylor as its vice president of Europe, reporting to Mike Read, president of TOG.

Taylor brings experience in business and operational management and will lead all of TOG’s business activities in Europe including the Worthing and Ellon operations, business development, technology development, finance and field service. He was most recently with JDR Cable Systems in the U.K., where he held various executive positions including executive operations director and most recently served as director of product management for umbilical systems.

Taylor holds a mechanical engineering degree from Southampton University, and a master of business administration degree from Warwick Business School.