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Antonio J. Campo Mejia
Antonio J. Campo Mejia has been an independent director
of the Company since May 12, 2017 and is the Lead
Director of the Board. Mr. Campo Mejia has been a
non-executive director of the Supervisory Board of Fugro
N.V. (Euronext: FUR), a company providing geotechnical,
survey, subsea and geosciences services, since 2014 and
Vice-Chairman of Basin Holdings, a global holding
company focused on providing products and services to
energy and industrial customers since 2012. From 2012 to
2013, Mr. Campo Mejia served as non-executive director
at Integra Group, an oilfield services company, mainly
active in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent
States and served as its Chief Executive Officer from
2009 to 2012. Mr. Campo Mejia also served as
non-executive director at Basin Supply LP, Basin Tools
LP and Basin Energy Services LP from 2009 to 2014. Prior
to that, Mr. Campo Mejia spent 28 years of his
professional career at Schlumberger, one of the
world’s leading oilfield services company, in a
multitude of senior management positions in different
parts of the world. In his various roles with
Schlumberger, Mr. Campo Mejia served as the President of
Latin America for Oilfield Services and President of
Europe & Africa and was the President of
Schlumberger’s Integrated Project Management
business responsible for the worldwide operations in
this service line. Prior to that, Mr. Campo Mejia served
as Director of Personnel for the Reservoir Management
Group in Houston, Texas and Vice President of Oilfield
Services Latin America South, managing a full range of
services in the region. In his career prior to 1997, Mr.
Campo Mejia held a number of senior management and
technical positions in Schlumberger’s wireline
business. Mr. Campo Mejia received his bachelor’s
degree in Electronic Engineering from Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana in 1980.
Antonio J. Campo Mejia
Lead Independent Director
Yousef Al Nowais
Yousef Al Nowais has served as an independent director
since November 10, 2019. He serves as the Chairman and
Managing Director of Arab Development
(“ARDECO”), a company he founded in his home
city of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. ARDECO is a
large diversified business and a leading player in the
oil & gas and petrochemical sectors as well as power
generation and distribution and other engineering and
infrastructure project services. He has also served as
the Co-Chairman of Al Nowais Investments LLC, a leading
investment company based in Abu Dhabi with local and
international holdings in a broad range of strategic
investments and actively managed subsidiaries. Prior to
founding ARDECO, Mr. Al Nowais joined Abu Dhabi National
Oil Company (“ADNOC”) after graduating from
the University of Arizona in 1979 and held many senior
positions in the ADNOC group, including Finance Director
and Managing Director of ADNOC’s subsidiary
FERTIL. From 2007-2013, Mr. Al Nowais served as Managing
Director of Al Maabar International, a leading UAE
organization investing internationally in real estate
projects in the MENA region, which was formed as a joint
venture between Al Dar Properties, Mubadala, Al Qudra
Holdings, Reem Investment and Reem International.
Yousef Al Nowais
Independent Director
Andrew L. Waite
Andrew Waite was elected to the Board as of June 6, 2018
and is an independent director. Mr. Waite is
Co-President of SCF Partners, Inc., the ultimate general
partner of SCF-VIII, L.P. and the ultimate general
partner of the majority shareholder of SV3 Holdings Pte
Ltd and has been an officer of that company since
October 1995. He was previously Vice President of
Simmons & Company International, where he served
from August 1993 to September 1995. From 1984 to 1991,
Mr. Waite held a number of engineering and project
management positions with Royal Dutch / Shell Group, an
integrated energy company. Mr. Waite currently serves on
the board of directors of Nine Energy Service, Inc.
(NYSE: NINE), a position he has held since February
2013, and on the board of directors of Forum Energy
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FET), a position he has held
since August 2010. Mr. Waite previously served on the
board of directors of Complete Production Services,
Inc., a provider of specialized oil and gas completion
and production services from 2007 to 2009, Hornbeck
Offshore Services, Inc., a provider of marine services
to the energy sector and military customers from 2000 to
2006, Oil States International, Inc., a diversified
oilfield services and equipment company, from August
1995 through April 2006, and Atlantic Navigation
Holdings (Singapore) Limited (SGX: 5UL), a provider of
marine logistic, ship repair, fabrication, and other
marine services, from January 2016 to December 2018. Mr.
Waite received an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard
Business School, an MS degree in Environmental
Engineering Science from California Institute of
Technology
Andrew L. Waite
Independent Director
Thomas Wood
Thomas Wood served as our Chief Financial Officer from inception until October 2017 and from
November 29, 2017 until June 2018 and is an independent director. He is an entrepreneur with over
35 years of experience in establishing and growing public and private companies that provide or
use oil and gas contract drilling services. Since December 1990, he has served as the Chief
Executive Officer of Round Up Resource Service Inc., a private investment company. Mr. Wood
founded Xtreme Drilling Corp. (TSX:XDC), an onshore drilling and coil tubing technology company,
in May 2005 and served as its Executive Chairman until May 2011 and its Chief Executive Officer
and Director from May 2011 through August 2016. He is the founder of Savanna Energy Services Corp.
(TSE: SVY), a North American energy services provider, where he served as the Chairman from 2001
to March 2005. He also served as Director at various companies engaged in the exploration and
production of junior oil and gas, including Wrangler West Energy Corp. from April 2001 to 2014;
New Syrus Capital Corporation from 1998 to 2001 and Player Petroleum Corporation from 1997 to
2001. In addition, Mr. Wood served as the President, Drilling and Wellbore Service, of Plains
Energy Services Ltd. from 1997 to 2000 and Wrangler Pressure Control from 1998 to 2001. He served
as the President of Round-Up Well Servicing Inc. from 1988 to 1997 and Vice President of Shelby
Drilling from 1981 to 1987. Mr. Wood holds a BA in Economics from University of Calgary.
Thomas Wood
Independent Director
Sherif Foda
Sherif Foda has served as our Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman since our inception. He has more than 25
years of professional experience in the oil and gas
industry working for Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB)
(“Schlumberger”) around the world,
particularly in the Middle East, Europe and the US. From
June 2016 to January 2018, he served as Senior Advisor
to the Chairman of Schlumberger. From July 2013 through
June 2016, he served as an officer and the President of
the Production Group of Schlumberger. From June 2011 to
June 2013, he served as the President of Schlumberger
Europe and Africa, based in Paris. From June 2009 to
June 2011, he served as Schlumberger’s Vice
President and Managing Director of the Arabian market:
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, based in Dhahran from
July 2007 to May 2009, he served as Schlumberger’s
Worldwide Vice President for Well Intervention, based in
Houston. From 2005 to 2007, he was Schlumberger’s
Vice President for Europe, Caspian and Africa, based in
Paris. From 2002 to 2005, he served as the Managing
Director of Schlumberger in Oman, based in Muscat. In
2001, he served as Schlumberger’s Operations
Manager for UAE, Qatar and the Arabian Gulf, based in
Abu Dhabi. He started his career in 1993 with
Schlumberger, working on the offshore fields in the Red
Sea, then transferred to Germany for two years, then
served as the general manager of operations in Eastern
Europe countries (mainly Poland, Lithuania, Romania and
Hungary). Prior to working in the oil and gas industry,
he worked in the information technology and computer
industry for two years in Egypt. Mr. Foda is a board
member of Energy Recovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: ERII), a
technology company based in California. He also serves
on the Board of Trustees of Awty International School in
Houston and is a board member for Al Fanar Venture
philanthropy in London.
Sherif Foda
Chairman of the Board & CEO