Marc Bell

Marc is a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s in Business Management from the University of Durham. He has over 25 years of technical and operational leadership experience within manufacturing, service and project engineering-focused organisations, the past 15 years in the Global Energy Sector.

Before taking up the Managing Director position with Tekmar Energy in 2021, Marc held the positions of Global Operations Director for JDR Cables, Head of Offshore Wind UKI for Siemens Gamesa and Global Manufacturing Manager for Technip Umbilicals.

Session Overview

Tuesday, 5 November

14:30

14:30 - 16:00

Offshore & wind perspective on managing subsea power systems

Seabed cables are a critical part of the national infrastructure for power and communications as well as playing a key role in offshore electrification goals. System and product reliability is a major focus, as is the inspection and protection of this critical underwater infrastructure. Further, the energy transition is driving the need for alternative energy sources resulting in novel technologies being brought to the market. The seabed and underwater space provides challenges, opportunities and a breeding ground for innovation.

Attendee insights:

Understand the multi-sector innovation present within the underwater space across inspection and integrity. Understand challenges, share lessons learned, and present advances in technology as presented by Global Underwater Hub