world wide announcement to respond to the needs of our customers the following management appointments are effective immediately : alan stringer , ehs director based in london will be responsible for european / asia / india regions . alan will continue to report to myself and brian stanley ( based in london ) . bal wong ehs manager based in guam will report to alan . alan and bal form a great team . both have extensive experience in undertaking and providing support for environmental due diligence projects throughout the world for the past ten years for various blue chips , lawyers , banks and venture capital companies averaging several billion dollars worth of assets reviewed each year for the past 5 years . both can provide an extensive depth of knowledge as internal consultants in assessing environmental health and safety risk and supporting development of risk mitigation measures that can be applied in the sale and purchase agreements and contracts . both have impressive experience in remediation technology . attached is a flow chart for environmental and social due diligence that shows our organization and responsibilities . henry van general manager , eh & s asset operations