Ikon Science has appointed Mr. Murray Christie as President of Ikon Science Americas, based in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Christie has over eighteen years experience working for a range of oil and gas exploration and service companies in the US, Canada and South America. Most recently he was Executive Vice President, Oil and Gas for Exova, where he was responsible for a division of more than 125 employees. He spent five years with Geomodeling Technology Corp, initially as their Vice President in Houston, then as Chief Operating Officer, spearheading new software and services growth through strategic customer relationships worldwide. During his seven year tenure with CogniSeis/Paradigm, he led the growth of interpretation, processing, visualization, reservoir modeling and quantitative services and technology throughout the Americas in various positions including President for Canada, Vice President for North America and Director of Reservoir Characterization Solutions.

Martyn Millwood Hargrave, CEO of Ikon Science, said: “We are extremely pleased to have Murray join Ikon Science. Our clients will benefit from his strong technical and project management abilities and his significant experience in sales and business development will aid further growth for the company, including in Canada and South America, building on the considerable achievements over the past 5 years in the US.

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