The board of Imo Oceanum has decided to send an executive team to the Galápagos Islands to execute a SAR feasibility study. The team is planning to start its work on the islands on the 16th of November.
The executive team consists of (from left to right):
Leif Nylander
CHIEF OF STAFF
Leif Nylander is a retired naval officer from the Royal Swedish Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral.
A selection of positions:
- Commander for Surface Warfare Flotilla
- Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Procurement
- Military Adviser at the Swedish Ministry of Defense
- Swedish representative for international collaborations such as NORDAC, EDIR-FA, ITEP, NSHP and NAHEMO
- President of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences
- President of the Friends of the Vasa museum Association
Peter Bager
HEAD OF MARINE OPERATIONS
Peter Bager is a retired naval officer from the Royal Swedish Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral (LH)
A selection of positions
- Commander for Surface Warfare Flotilla
- Head of the Swedish Armed Forc-es Materiel Production Depart-ment
- Military Adviser at the Swedish Ministry of Defense
- Swedish chairman for 15 bilateral Memorandums of Understanding in the field of defense
- Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Naval Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Military Science
- Secretary of the Friends of the Vasa museum Association
Hans Erlandsson
EXECUTIVE SENIOR ADVISOR
Hans Erlandsson is a retired police officer from the Stockholm PD with the rank of Police Chief Inspector.
A selection of positions
- Incident control manager at Stockholm police department.
- Advisor to the UNITED NATIONS special representative of the secretary general in Bosnia (Carl Bildt )
- Station commander United Nation Police (UNPOLICE) In Angola
- Commander Marine Unit Stockholm PD
- Chief of operation (1,200 officers ) UNPOLICE in Liberia
- District Commander (600 officers ) UNPOLICE East Timor
- Commander of a SAR unit and Stationcommander (2 units) in Greece
Paul Forell
EXECUTIVE SENIOR ADVISOR
Paul Forell is a retired police officer from the Stockholm PD with the rank of Police Chief Inspector.
A selection of positions
- Police Inspector and Team Leader in the Swedish Border Police and Police Dept.
- 30 years as commander of sea rescue stations for SSRS
- Manager for the Swedish Maritime Administration’s east coast pilot station
- CEO of Ship company, passenger vessel
- Captain of several SAR vessels, passenger vessels and police boats
- CEO & manager of several security / safety maritime organizations
- Team leader of Search & Rescue missions in Greece and the Mediterranean
