Management
Executive Team
Slimane Bouabbane
CEO & Co-Founder
30 years in offshore and subsea, with 25 in equipment transactions and M&A. Roles at Technip, Subsea 7, Heerema, Intecsea, MacArtney and PA Resources, with a background across offshore operations, services, equipment and engineering.
Engineering degree in Hydrodynamics, Ecole Centrale de Marseille. INSEAD MBA.
Engineering | Capital Project | M&A | Economics | Financing
Scott Macknocher
COO & Co-Founder
Three decades in offshore energy, with senior management roles across oil and gas and renewables. A background in engineering, projects and operations that grew to cover commercial, M&A, strategy and general management.
Early involvement in the offshore wind start-up Enventi, and a commitment to the energy transition spanning more than 10 years.
Operations | Commercial | M&A | Engineering | Offshore Wind
Management
Board
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Yann Lepoutre
Board Director
More than 35 years in global management, business and operations across upstream oil and gas and renewable energy. Executive positions at Subsea 7 and in the drilling industry worldwide.
Commercial | Governance | Energy Transition | Technology
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Nicolas Rivet
Board Director
Senior project manager with over 20 years running large international infrastructure projects in upstream oil and gas. Worked for Total, McDermott, Maersk and Technip across the USA, UK, Norway and Azerbaijan.
Capital Project | Governance | Engineering | Upstream E&P
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Daniel O'Leary
Board Director
Specialist in global shipbroking with a focus on offshore oil and gas, the worldwide drilling rig market and US renewables. Through Brookline Assets Ltd, oversees investments across oil and gas, biotechnology, engineering and transformative technology.
Shipbroking | Governance | Drilling | Renewables
Team
Senior Consultants
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Bo Askvik
Corporate Finance Expert
Senior advisor to Dockstr on corporate financing and M&A. A C-level executive with 40 years across manufacturing, petrochemicals and oil and gas, with M&A deals above $1.5B. Financing experience spans bonds, bank debt, syndicated facilities, private placements, mezzanine and convertible loans.
MBA, Stockholm School of Economics.
M&A | Corporate Finance
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Maxime Pachot
Marine Expert
Over 20 years in the marine and renewable industry, including leading offshore organisations such as Bureau Veritas and SBM Offshore. Deep expertise in shipbuilding, marine survey and offshore installation.
Master in Naval Engineering, ENSTA.
Marine | Naval Architecture | Offshore Wind | Renewables
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Scott Jamieson
Diving Expert
Three decades in the commercial and military diving sector, beginning in Aberdeen with much of his career across the Middle East, India and beyond. Extensive knowledge of diving operations and equipment requirements worldwide. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Air Diving | Sat Diving | Diving Equipment
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Rémy Ausset
Shipbroking Expert
CCO at DigitAll Ocean and a consultant to Dockstr, with deep experience in offshore vessel brokering, marine logistics and digital solutions for maritime operations. Founder of OSVfinder, an offshore vessel information and brokering platform. Earlier roles include shipbroker at Paris Offshore Brokerage and area sales manager at Ecoceane.
Vessels | Shipbroking | Marine Logistics | Digital
Team
Management & Operations
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Stefan Didora
Vice President of Business Development
Leads Dockstr’s brokering business, where over the past four years he has driven offshore and subsea equipment transactions across the firm’s global client base. Brings nearly 30 years in sales and business development, including 10 years running his own business in Asia across commercial real estate and, more recently, blue-chip retail.
Commercial | Transactions | International Sales
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Dave Roberts
Head of Partnerships | Survey Expert
30 years in subsea, beginning as an offshore surveyor at Racal Survey and Wimpol before moving into management at Fugro. Commercial leadership roles at Fugro, Technip and Subsea 7. Established Acteon Group’s Norwegian survey operation as managing director and co-founded the Norwegian Offshore Survey and Positioning forum.
PhD, Aberdeen University. MBA and Master in Law, Robert Gordon University.
Survey | Contracting | Geotechnical | Marine
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Riley Marsh
Business Development Manager
Covers the USA, Canada and Europe, handling inbound and outbound enquiries across ROV, diving equipment, survey and subsea construction.
Brokerage | ROV | Diving | Survey | Construction
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Tasman Short
Business Development Manager
Covers brokerage across Europe, the Middle East and Australasia, with day-to-day coverage of ROV, diving equipment, survey, subsea construction and offshore oil and gas.
Brokerage | ROV | Diving | Survey | Construction
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Amarnath Nagula
Operations, South East Asia
With Dockstr since 2018, supporting regional operations across marine, survey, data and equipment sourcing. Based in India, covering South East Asia.
Master’s in Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University.
Marine | Survey | Data | Digitalisation
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Nasir Ibrahim
Digital Operations
Manages the development of Dockstr’s digital tools, services and AI solutions. Supports the team across the firm’s digital systems and internal operations.
Artificial Intelligence | Digitalisation | IT Management