David Walker New CEO of DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability

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David Walker New CEO of DNV KEMA Energy &

Sustainability

PR Newswire

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, June 12, 2012

ARNHEM,

The Netherlands

,

June 12, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

David Walker (56)will be appointed Chief Executive Officer

(CEO) of DNV KEMA. He joins from the position of Chief Strategy

Officer for the DNV Group.

Chairman of the N.V. KEMA Supervisory Board, Henrik O. Madsen: "David

Walker has more than 30 years of international experience covering the entire

energy value chain and has been closely involved in the start of DNV KEMA. I

am confident that he and his management team will contribute to further

strengthening DNV KEMA's position as a globally leading energy consulting,

testing and certification company that can drive the transition towards a safe,

reliable, efficient and clean energy future."

David Walker, new CEO of DNV KEMA: "DNV KEMA has an important role to play

in the future of energy - helping our customers build environmentally and

economically sustainable businesses in today's tough economic and risk

realities. I look forward to working alongside the 2,300 competent, innovative

and committed people of DNV KEMA to make this happen."

At the same time, Aad van den Bos (59) will be appointed Chief Financial Officer

(CFO). Van den Bos is of Dutch nationality and has 30 years of international

experience in senior financial management positions in DNV. Both Walker and

Van den Bos will be based in DNV KEMA's headquarters in Arnhem,

the

Netherlands

.

About David Walker

David Walker, from the

United Kingdom

, has a wide breadth of expertise

covering the entire energy value chain, demonstrated by more than 30 years of

international experience. He started his career as a geologist for American oil

company, Amoco, before moving into operations and then major capital project

management, the latter for BHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian mining company.

He was President of BHP Billiton's petroleum operations in the North Sea,

North

Africa

,

Middle East

and

Australia

. He joined DNV in 2007 to further develop its

energy business, which at that time consisted of clean energy as well as oil and

gas. He then moved into the role of Chief Strategy Officer within the DNV

Group, where he played an integral role in the acquisition of the majority

shareholding of KEMA.

About DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability

DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, with more than 2,300 experts in over 30

countries around the world, is committed to driving the global transition toward

a safe, reliable, efficient, and clean energy future. With a heritage of nearly 150

years, we specialize in providing world-class, innovative solutions in the fields of

business & technical consultancy, testing, inspections & certification, risk

management, and verification. As an objective and

impartial knowledge-based company, we advise and support organizations

along the energy value chain: producers, suppliers & end-users of energy,

equipment manufacturers, as well as government bodies, corporations and

non-governmental organizations. DNV KEMA

Energy & Sustainability is part of DNV, a global provider of services for

managing risk with more than 10,000 employees in over 100 countries. For

more information on DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, visit

http://www.dnvkema.com.