Atlas Professionals is a Dutch provider of recruitment and HR services within the energy and marine sectors globally, and has its headquarters in

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History

Leo Burghouwt, Theo Klinkenberg and Thea Biemans establish the company in 1982 in

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, initially as an agent for worldwide transport over water. In 1986, the company expanded into personnel services for waterway contracting and started trading under the name of ''Atlas Personnel Services'' (initially ''Atlas Transport Services''). In 1999, René Neelissen and Marcel Burghouwt became shareholders and Managing Directors of the company. In that year, the company name was changed to ''Atlas Services Group'' and the first acquisition was completed. The acquisitions of Eurosailor BV in 1999 and of Tristar Well Service Pool BV in 2000, are the key factors in the buy and build of personnel services within the marine and energy industries. In the following decades, Atlas aims to grow through mergers and acquisitions. From 1999 until 2014, Atlas acquires parties in a wide range of specific market segments in the energy and marine industries. In 2011, HAL Investments BV (European investment subsidiary of HAL Holding NV, listed on

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Amsterdam), takes 45% interest in Atlas Services Group. In 2013, the company's trading name was changed to ''Atlas Professionals''. In 2016, HAL Investments BV purchased an additional 25% interest.

Services

The company has offices in eighteen countries and provides specialist recruitment and HR services within the following fields of expertise: # Drilling & Well Services # Energy # Marine # Renewable Energy # Seismic # Hydrographic Survey # ROV, AUV & Underwater Inspection # Management & Quality Control # Catering # Dredging & Port Construction # Marine Environmental # QHSE

Executive committee

Boris Kasteel - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (since 2020) Colin Seyger - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (since 2021)

Offices Around The World

Asia

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

Energy & Marine

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, Singapore City Offshore Marine, Offshore Survey & Construction, ROV, Diving & Inspection

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

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Renewables

Timor Leste Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

Dili Dili (Portuguese language, Portuguese and Tetum language, Tetum: ''Díli'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountai ...

Catering

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

Drilling & Marine Europe

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(Headquarters) HR, Marketing, Finance, ICT & Legal

, Capelle a/d IJssel Dredging & Port Construction, Offshore Marine, Merchant Shipping

Discipline Engineering & Project Controls, Platforms & Jack Ups, Production & Maintenance

Urk Urk (; ; ) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Urk is first mentioned in historical records dating to the 10th century, when it was still an island in the Almere, an inland sea that would become par ...

Dredging & Port Construction

Vlissingen Vlissingen (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an importan ...

Renewables

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

Limassol Limassol, also known as Lemesos, is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the Limassol district. Limassol is the second-largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population of 195,139 and a district population o ...

Dredging & Port Construction, Offshore Marine, Merchant Shipping

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

Dredging & Port Construction, Offshore Marine, Merchant Shipping, Platforms & Jack Ups

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

Drilling & Well Services, Platforms & Jack Ups

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

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Seismic & Electromagnetic, Marine Environmental

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

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Platforms & Jack Ups, Production & Maintenance, Dredging & Port Construction, Offshore Marine, Merchant Shipping

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Renewables, Management & QC

Newquay Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on t ...

Offshore Survey & Construction, ROV, Diving & Inspection

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

Drilling & Marine Oceania

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Energy, Marine & Catering

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Energy, Marine & Catering South America

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Production & Maintenance, Platforms & Jack Ups, Discipline Engineering & Project Controls, Drilling, Offshore Marine, Dredging & Port Construction, Offshore Survey & Construction United States

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Energy & Marine

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Energy & Renewables

Sponsorship

Sports * Alpe d'HuZes. In 2012, Atlas Professionals made its debut at the event. Over 35,000 Euros were collected for the Dutch Cancer Society. The year after, the company collected more than 50,000 for the charity fund. * AZ. The role of René Neelissen (member of Atlas Professionals' Executive Committee) as chairman of AZ's Supervisory Board, led to Atlas' sponsorship of this Dutch football club. Since 2013, the company has seats within the AZ Offshore Energy Business Unit. * Harlingen-Terschelling Sloepenroeirace. This yearly rowing event takes place on the Dutch Waddenzee. For more than 30 years, Atlas Professionals sponsors both the event, and the STC rowing team from the

Maritime Academy This is a list of maritime colleges, grouped by geographical region and country. Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania See also *Seafarer's professions and ranks *Deck department *Engine department *Steward's department *Marine propulsi ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

. * North Sea Energy Soccer Cup. Various companies within the oil and gas industry come together on this yearly soccer event. Atlas Professionals started sponsoring the Cup in 2013. * Sliedrecht Sport, first female A-league team. In 2012, and 2013, the female team of Sliedrecht Sport won the Dutch championships. Atlas Professionals started sponsoring the team in 2013. Other * . Atlas financially supports this foundation that focuses on improving the wellbeing of Dutch employees who works overseas.

References

* R. de Graaf, E. den Ouden (June, 2013)
Goed nieuws uit Nederland: Vijftig inspirerende innovatiesPDMA.NL
pp. 70–71
Jan van Driel neemt bedrijf via management buy-out overBrookz
22 January 2013.
Atlas Services Group and ICS join forcesTowingline
25 February 2013.
Schuttevaer
25 February 2013.
Hydro International
22 March 2013.
Statoil awards Atlas Services Group with a framework agreement
21 October 2013.
Geomotive merges with Atlas ProfessionalsEpmag
5 August 2013.
Maritime by Holland
24 January 2013.
Atlas Services Group becomes EIVA trainingspartner
13 November 2012.

External links

* {{Official website, http://atlasprofessionals.com Service companies of the Netherlands