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.
Yousef
Al Nowais
Independent Director
Yousef
Al Nowais
Yousef Al Nowais was appointed by our Nominating and Governance Committee and Board of Directors
on November 9, 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 and natural gas and
petrochemical sectors as well as power generation and distribution and other engineering and
infrastructure project services. He 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. Mr. Al Nowais has been vice
Chairman of Al Dhafra Insurance since 2013, and has been Chairman of Archirodon S.A., an
international EPC contractor, since 2023. 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 to 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.
Andrew
L. Waite
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 Managing Partner of SCF Partners, Inc., the ultimate general partner of SCF-VIII, L.P.,
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 previously served on the board of
directors of Complete Production Services, Inc. (previously NYSE: CPX), a provider of
specialized oil and natural gas completion and production services, from 2007 to 2009, Hornbeck
Offshore Services, Inc. (previously NYSE: HOS), a provider of marine services to the energy
sector and military customers, from 2000 to 2006, Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE: OIS), a
diversified oilfield services and equipment company, from August 1995 through April 2006,
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, Forum Energy
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FET), a provider of value added solutions and products to the energy
industry, from 2010 to 2021, and Nine Energy Service, Inc. (NYSE:NINE), a provider of
specialized cementing and completion services and equipment, from 2011 to 2025. Mr. Waite
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University, a
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Science from California Institute of Technology,
and an M.B.A., with high distinction, from Harvard Business School
Anthony (Tony) R.
Chase
Independent Director
Anthony (Tony) R.
Chase
Anthony (Tony) R. Chase was elected to the Board of Directors on June 14, 2024, and is an
independent director. Mr. Chase is Chairman and CEO of ChaseSource, LP, a staffing, facilities
management, and real estate development firm. Previously, he started and sold three ventures
(Chase Radio Partners, Cricket Wireless and ChaseCom). The first, Chase Radio Partners, founded
in 1992, owned seven radio stations and was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 1998. The
second was Cricket Wireless, a nationwide cell phone service provider that he started together
with Qualcomm in 1993. Mr. Chase opened the first Cricket markets in Chattanooga and Nashville,
TN. The third was ChaseCom, a company that built and operated call centers in the United States
and India, which he sold to AT&T Corporation in 2007. Mr. Chase is also a principal owner of the
Houston Airport Marriott at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and the Principal Auto Toyota
dealership in greater Memphis, TN. Mr. Chase serves on several non-profit boards in Houston:
Houston Endowment, Greater Houston Partnership, Texas Medical Center, MD Anderson Board of
Visitors, and the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Mr. Chase previously served as Deputy
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Chairman of the Greater Houston
Partnership. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Chase serves on the
boards of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR), LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE: LYB),
and Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) and previously served on the boards of Heritage Crystal
Clean, Inc. until 2022 and Par-Pacific Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PARR) until 2024. Mr. Chase is a
Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Houston Law Center.
Sherif
Foda
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Sherif
Foda
Sherif Foda has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NESR since inception. He
started the company in 2017 as a SPAC to create the first and largest energy services company
from the MENA region publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. He has more than 25 years of
professional experience in the energy industry working primarily in his earlier career for
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) around the world, particularly in the Middle East, Europe and
the US. He served as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of SLB, an officer and President of the
Production Group, the President of Europe and Africa, Vice President, and Managing Director of
the Arabian market, President of Well Intervention worldwide, Vice President of Europe, Caspian
and Africa, and Managing Director of Oman among other roles. He started his career in 1993 with
SLB, working on the offshore fields in the Red Sea, then transferred to Germany and Eastern
Europe before getting to multiple senior level positions.
Prior to working in the oil and natural gas industry, he worked in the information technology
and computer industry for two years after graduating from Ain Shams University in Cairo with
double majors in Electronics Engineering and Automatic Control. He attended various executive
courses at Harvard Business School, Oxford and IMD Business School and is a usual speaker in
multiple forums. Mr. Foda used to serve as a board member of Energy Recovery, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ERII), a technology company based in California and on the Board of Trustees of Awty
International School in Houston. He currently serves as the Chairman of the board of directors
of WDVG Engineering based in Houston, GLC Energy Company in London and is a member of the Oxford
Energy Policy Club in the UK. He is also a board member for Al Fanar Venture philanthropy in
London.