Oil and gas asset integrity and corrosion management firm, LUX Assure, has appointed a new non-executive director to its board.

Martin Anderson, director at Kinstair Consultants, brings over 34 years’ oil and gas knowledge to his appointment, including considerable experience in developing and delivering service models to the asset integrity market.

Martin Anderson joins the LUX Assure board as a non-executive director.

Martin is a Chartered Engineer and, following his first project role with Chevron in 1988, has held a string of further project and senior management positions at Technip Group, Hydrus Group and Triton Group.

Whilst serving on LUX Assure’s board he will represent the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and one of LUX’s investors. His strong strategic leadership skills, which he has used in previous positions to develop and implement business growth strategy, will play a pivotal role in building LUX’s business on a global level.

Commenting on his appointment, Martin said: “I am looking forward to working with LUX Assure as the team continues to make great strides in providing innovative solutions to the oil and gas market.

“LUX’s existing on-site deployable tools, CoMic™ and OMMICA™, are revolutionary in the management of chemicals in hydrocarbons, condensates and water, and the international opportunities for these technologies is huge. I’m excited to support the development of these products, both technically and commercially, to help them fulfil their full potential.”

Emma Perfect, CEO of LUX Assure, said: “I am delighted to welcome Martin to our board of directors. With a sound understanding of the oil and gas industry, coupled with his fresh insight and energy, he is ideally placed to champion LUX’s dynamic growth strategy.

“On behalf of LUX Assure, I would like to welcome Martin to the team and we look forward to working with him.”

LUX Assure is a UK-based company specialising in asset integrity management, developing novel chemical monitoring technologies for the oil and gas industry. The company’s innovative technologies provide operators with unique solutions for monitoring difficult to detect chemicals which are widely used across the industry providing critical information to support key management decisions whilst delivering enhanced long-term asset integrity management. With offices in Edinburgh, UK, LUX Assure also has a network of worldwide agents.

In 2015, LUX Assure received a £2.4 million investment from Chevron Technology Ventures, ConocoPhillips Company, Statoil Technology Invest, Archangel Investors and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise. This Investment enables further exciting development of LUX Assure’s flagship technologies CoMic™ and OMMICA™, both of which represent a revolution in monitoring and managing chemicals in hydrocarbons, condensates and water.