Acteon announces the appointment of new Geo-services segment Managing Director

03/03/22

Acteon is pleased to announce the appointment of Sudhir Pai as Geo-services Segment Managing Director as of 24th February 2022. Sudhir will be based in Houston and will work with the current leadership teams to build on the excellent work already undertaken to establish a fully integrated business. The Geo-services segment contains the Benthic, TerraSond, and UTEC brands.

Sudhir has over 30 years’ worldwide experience having most recently been Head of Robotics, Automation, and Sustainability at Axiom Space, building the first fully commercial space station as well as holding various management, technology, and business leadership positions at Schlumberger – including the Seismic Segment and being the MD of Liquid Robotics Oil and Gas (LROG), a Schlumberger joint venture start-up developing Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) for marine operations.

Sudhir was recognized by the National Diversity Council Multicultural Leadership Award. He is an active member of various societies including the Business Network for Offshore Wind and was recently appointed Patron of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Sudhir’s experience in seismic, robotics, space technology and ASVs will help enable Acteon to execute our technology-driven strategy for the Geo-services segment, including initially remote survey operations and ASV-based inspection services.

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