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Diego Cerquenich joined Brookes Bell as a Master Mariner in our Sidcup office in September, 2015, from a position as a Marine Consultant at Cecea Marine Consulting Spa, where he conducted various surveys and inspections including damage assessments on project cargoes and containers.
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Hans Langsrud joined Brookes Bell as a Master Mariner in our Hong Kong office in August, 2015. Before starting his surveying/consultancy career, Hans was a senior executive risk manager at Skuld, Oslo, and member of the Club's casualty support group. Hans is also a Special Casualty Representative (SCR) at Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch.
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Mimi Gao joined Brookes Bell in our Singapore office as a Naval Architect with a BEng degree in Naval Architecture and a PhD degree in computational fluid dynamics in August, 2015. She has a strong background in different numerical methods for applications in both structural and fluid mechanics.
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Dr. Luigi Petrone, an Italian-born Scientist, joined Brookes Bell in October, 2015 after 5 years postdoctoral experience at Linköping University, Sweden and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Luigi has now moved to our Hong Kong office after an initial training period in the UK.
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Dr Nick Chapman joined Brookes Bell in our Liverpool office in October, 2015. He has an honours degree in Biology and a doctorate in Plant and Soil Science from Durham University.