Westinghouse Electric Company is restructuring its Operating Plant Services business into two new global business units: Long-Term Operations and Outage & Maintenance Services.
The new organisation, which comes into effect on 1 January 2025, reflects the increased market focus on extending the operating life of the current global nuclear fleet and delivering optimised performance to existing reactor operators. “This new structure will enhance customer value by elevating these respective segments within the enterprise and better positioning our teams to deliver our technical solutions for our clients worldwide,” Westinghouse noted.
Dr Luca Oriani, currently Senior Vice President of Global Engineering & Components Services, has been appointed President of Long-term Operations. From 1 November, Marie Blanc will be appointed President of Outage & Maintenance Services. The new appointees will report to Dan Sumner, President of the global Operating Plant Services business until the end of the year. From 1 January, Dr Oriani and Blanc will report directly to Westinghouse President & CEO Patrick Fragman as members of the Executive Leadership Team. Sumner plans to leave Westinghouse in the first quarter of 2025 to pursue a personal project.
The new Long-term Operations (LTO) business unit develops and delivers innovative solutions across engineered solutions, instrumentation & controls systems, training & resource solutions, and parts that support the global operating fleet of nuclear power plants.
Dr Oriani served as Senior Vice President and Global Chief Engineering Services Officer since 2019, leading the enterprise engineering hub for Westinghouse and overseeing its global components manufacturing plants. He has worked at Westinghouse for more than 22 years, starting as a senior engineer and advancing to leadership roles in engineering and licensing for operating plants and advanced reactor technology.
The new global Outage & Maintenance Services (OMS) business unit delivers outage, maintenance, inspection, welding and refurbishment services for operating nuclear power plants in the Americas, EMEA and Asia regions. She is returning to Westinghouse where she spent more than 22 years in leadership within field services, fuel engineering, project delivery, procurement & logistics, quality and continuous improvement organisations. Most recently, she served as Vice President and Managing Director at Xylem with oversight of sales and service operations for Eastern Europe. Earlier in her career, she worked at ABB in engineering and project management.
Researched and written by Judith Perera
