Driving Growth and Collaboration: ABL Europe & West Africa Eye up 2026
ABL’s Europe and West Africa leadership team recently came together in London for a two-day event focused on collaboration, innovation, and setting the course for 2026.
The sessions brought together country managers and business line leads from across the region, to share ideas, strengthen connections, and align on strategies to support clients across energy and oceans in the year ahead.
Highlights from the Two-Day Event
- Launch of New Business Development Resources – Interactive sessions trialed cutting-edge solutions to align sales processes and deliver through-life support for clients.
- Regional Strategy Discussions – Management explored market opportunities, risk management, and priorities for excellence across Energy, Maritime, Asset Integrity, Dynamic Positioning, Rig Inspection, Rig Operations, and Marine Assurance.
- Team Networking and Collaboration – Strengthening ties between countries and disciplines to reinforce technical offerings for clients.
“As the largest region in ABL, these meetings are integral to strengthening collaboration between countries and technical teams, exchanging best practices and knowledge, and identifying key areas for growth to ensure we are best placed to support our clients and markets.”
Hugues Delanoue, Regional Managing Director for ABL Europe and West Africa
Looking into 2026
As we move into 2026, ABL remains committed to leveraging the strength of our regional teams to deliver world-class solutions for clients in renewable energy, maritime, and oil & gas.
Collaboration fuels innovation – and innovation delivers results.
Contact ABL Europe & Africa’s Regional Directors
Hugues Delanoue
Regional Managing Director, ABL Europe & West Africa
Ewan Browell
Sub-Regional Director, ABL England, France, Iberia and Italy
Ashley Perrett
Sub-Regional Director, ABL Northern Europe & Greece
Shai Tzucker
Energy Services Director, ABL Europe and West Africa
Lyubomir Djambazov
Sub-Regional Director, ABL Black Sea
ABL Europe and West Africa in the News in 2025
2025 was a big year for ABL Europe and West Africa. We marked 15 years of operations in Nigeria and 10 years in France. We also expanded ABL’s European footprint to Gdansk in Poland, to position ourselves event better to supporting offshore energy and maritime operations in the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, ABL Europe and West Africa secured a number of new contracts.
Here is a small selection of our news stories from 2025:
ABL to support Ocean Winds on Polish Offshore Windfarm.
ABL Rig Inspection Team Secures Decommissioning Project.
ABL to Support Installation of Greek Interconnector.
ABL Portugal’s Hidromod Involved in Portuguese Wind Farm Areas.
ABL to Support North Sea Maritime Spatial Planning Project.
ABL to Support Eastern Green Link 2 Installation.
ABL Engages as Marine Auditor on 21 British Ports.
ABL Drafted to Support Poland’s Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm.