Meet the team

The CIS team has unrivalled experience in conductor installation - and in a short space of time has driven the business from a start up venture to a key player within the field. The core of what we offer is trust - giving clients the confidence to be assured of our ability to deliver. 

Regardless of our rapid growth, CIS has never forgotten that our people are the key to this trust. 

Team
Andy Penman

Andy Penman, Group Managing Director

Andy Penman is the group managing director of CIS. He has a degree in business administration that complements over thirty five years experience in the oil and gas industry. He has worked all around the world and been instrumental in setting up highly successful service operations in Europe, the Middle East and West Africa. He has been immersed in the hydraulic hammer business for most of the past fifteen years and is now bringing his vitality and commitment to establishing CIS as the global leader in the area of conductor installation.

Brad Pellegrin

Brad Pellegrin, Vice President, Operations

Brad heads up the growing US arm of CIS. With over 20 years experience of the industry, gained through a variety of different disciples and positions, Brad brings a wealth of experience to the business. Brad firmly believes in the power of good customer service - that all customers have unique needs and by meeting these needs both the business and customer benefit greatly.

Mike Sharman

Mike Sharman, Operations Manager

Mike is the operations manager for CIS. He has enjoyed almost 35 years in the oil and gas industry and his knowledge of driving conductors is unrivalled. He has supervised batch driving operations in just about every part of the world and has particular experience of underwater projects. Like Andy, Mike is wholly committed to ensuring customers get a top class service that perfectly matches their project needs.

James Chadd

James Chadd, Group Technical Sales Manager

Having a deep understanding of our equipment and extensive offshore experience has equipped him well in promoting CIS and developing our client relationships. James practical approach to identifying customer requirements and challenging the business to exceed their objectives has seen him quickly promoted to the role of Technical Sales Manager.

Peter Kilian

Peter Kilian, Sales and Operations Manager, Asia Pacific

Peter is the Operations and Sales Manager for the growing CIS presence in the Asia Pacific region. Having initially worked as an offshore supervisor, Peter moved into management and was responsible for operations in a multitude of countries. During his time in the Far East Peter has been very successful in building our customer relationships and continued growth of our Far East operation has lead to a fully operational base being established in Singapore.

Neil Batty

Neil Batty, QHSE and Training Manager

Like all of the operational management team of CIS, Neil has a wealth of offshore experience. Having worked at CIS since day one, Neil is responsible for ensuring our standards in Quality, Health & Safety and the Environment are of the highest calibre. In this time Neil has been responsible for guiding CIS towards ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 accreditation. ISO 14001 is already being adhered to and accreditation will be achieved in the near future. Neil is also responsible for training all the offshore technicians to what many of our customers tell us are among the highest standards found anywhere.

David Boulton

David Boulton , Maintenance Manager

Dave has been involved with the offshore industry for 23 years - 15 years of which have been directly related with the maintenance of hydraulic hammers and ancillaries. During this time Dave worked as a supervisor on various projects across the world. This industry knowledge, coupled with his mechanical experience, has made Dave an asset to CIS.

Vanessa Courtney

Vanessa Courtney, Senior Business Administrator

Vanessa has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 20 years. Like Mike and Neil, Vanessa joined CIS when the company was in it's infancy and in the time since has been a driving force in the success of CIS. Vanessa's ability to provide support has been of great benefit to all areas of the business and Vanessa is directly responsible for ensuring that all our customers receive high standards of service in the administration of their accounts. Vanessa has also been responsible for setting up and maintaining a great many of the processes that keep the business running smoothly.

John Broughton

John Broughton, Group Financial Controller

John is a fully qualified accountant with a wealth of experience. John joined CIS in 2006 and works closely with Vanessa and Andy in the day to day running of the business. With the recent expansion of CIS, John took on the challenging role of group financial controller. John now heads up the accountancy team of CIS worldwide.

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