Rodger & Hartnolls, which provides support services for offshore, subsea, renewables and technology markets, said Jan. 9 that Nick Search was appointed as a partner and managing director, effective Jan. 3.

He will oversee global business activity and will be based in the South London office. Search has 36 years’ experience in the offshore energy and marine industries.

Most recently, Search was the business development director for Promineo AS, based in Stavanger, Norway. Previously, Search was the U.K. adviser to Norwegian oil and gas partner companies that are members of government-backed INTSOK Oslo.

For 15 years, Search headed the international sales and business development of data analysts at a Houston-based firm. For the last 26 years, he has worked in international offshore oil and gas, specifically in analytics, consultancy, publishing, engineering and SaaS provision.