Teekay Corporation recently announced that Bruce Chan will assume the position of President of Teekay Tanker Services (TTS) effective April 1. This announcement was made following the resignation of Paul Wogan. As President, Mr. Chan will lead a global network of commercial offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Stavanger, London, Houston, and Vancouver with the responsibility of marketing Teekay's fleet of conventional tankers.
Bruce Chan, President, Teekay Tanker Services
Since joining Teekay in 1995, Mr. Chan has played a lead role in the company’s finance and strategic development areas, including managing several of the company’s strategic acquisitions. Before his recent appointment, Mr. Chan held the role of Executive Vice President of Corporate Resources.
Teekay Corporation President and CEO Bjorn Moller welcomed Mr. Chan to his new role and noted, “During his 13 years with the company, Bruce has demonstrated excellent leadership in a variety of senior roles within Teekay.” He continued, “We look forward to transferring his breadth of skills and dynamic leadership to Teekay Tanker Services.”
Mr. Chan will officially assume his new role on April 1 following a transition period with Mr. Wogan. Commenting on Mr. Wogan’s time at Teekay, Mr. Moller added, “We value Paul’s contributions over the past seven years and wish him very well for the future as he pursues new opportunities outside the day-to-day shipping business.”
Mr. Chan will lead Teekay Tanker Services from Vancouver, Canada. Supporting the change in leadership, James Pippard has been named Senior Vice President, Chartering and Freight Trading, responsible for TTS’s global chartering activities and Tim Horne has been named Managing Director, Teekay Shipping UK in which role he will be the overall most senior TTS representative in Europe.
Mr. Moller concludes, “I am confident that Bruce and his team’s experience and skill sets are well suited to lead Teekay Tanker Services and that our customers can continue to expect the same high service levels worldwide.”