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Board of Directors
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David A. B. Brown, 64, became chairman of the board in May 2005 and became a director in September 2001 in connection with our acquisition of Marine. Mr. Brown was a director of Marine from June 1995 until September 2001. Mr. Brown is currently chairman of Layne Christensen Company. Mr. Brown served as president of The Windsor Group, Inc., a strategy consulting firm, from 1984 until 2005. Mr. Brown was chairman of the board of the Comstock Group, Inc. from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Brown is also a director of EMCOR Group, Inc. |
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Kenneth M. Burke, 59, became a director in December 2006. Mr. Burke is a retired partner of Ernst & Young L.L.P. During his 31-year career with Ernst & Young, Mr. Burke held various positions including the national director of Energy Services, managing partner of assurance and advisory business services for the Gulf Coast Area and coordinating partner for Energy and Oilfield Service Companies. Mr. Burke is also a director of Trico Marine Services, Inc. |
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Archie W. Dunham, 69, became a director in May 2005. Mr. Dunham was chairman of ConocoPhillips from August 2002, following the merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Company, until his retirement in September 2004. He was chairman of Conoco from August 1999 to August 2002, and president and chief executive officer of Conoco from January 1996 to August 2002. He was an executive vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Conoco’s former parent, from 1995 to October 1998. Mr. Dunham is also a director of Louisiana Pacific Corporation and Union Pacific Corporation.
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David A. Hager, 51, became a director in February 2008. Mr. Hager was chief operating officer of Kerr-McGee Corporation from July 2005 until his retirement in August 2006, following the merger of Kerr-McGee and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Hager held various other positions at Kerr-McGee, including senior vice president (oil and gas exploration and production) from March 2003 until July 2005, vice president of exploration and production from 2002 until March 2003, vice president of Gulf of Mexico and Worldwide Deepwater Exploration and Production from 2001 until 2002, vice president of Worldwide Deepwater Exploration and Production from October 2000 until 2001, vice president of International Operations from April 2000 until October 2000 and vice president of Gulf of Mexico Operations from 1999 until April 2000. Prior thereto, he held various positions with Mobil Oil Corporation and Sun Oil Company. Mr. Hager is also a director of Devon Energy Corporation. Mr. Hager’s appointment as a director of Pride in February 2008 was recommended to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by a third-party search firm engaged by the committee. |
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Francis S. Kalman, 61, became a director in October 2005. Mr. Kalman served as executive vice president of McDermott International, Inc. from February 2002 until his retirement in February 2008 and as chief financial officer from February 2002 until April 2007. From March 2000 to February 2002, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Vector ESP, Inc. From April 1999 to March 2000, he was a principal of Pinnacle Equity Partners, LLC. From February 1998 to April 1999, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Chemical Logistics Corporation. From May 1996 to September 1997, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Keystone International, Inc. Mr. Kalman currently serves as a senior advisor to a private investment subsidiary of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC, which specializes in direct investments in upstream, oilfield service and midstream companies. |
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Ralph D. McBride, 62, became a director in September 1995. Mr. McBride has been a partner with the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in Houston, Texas, since 1980. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP provides legal services to us from time to time. The fees paid by our company to Bracewell & Giuliani in 2007 comprised approximately 0.3% of the law firm’s total revenue for 2007. |
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Louis A. Raspino, 55, was named president, chief executive officer and a director in June 2005. He joined us in December 2003 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. From July 2001 until December 2003, he served as senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer of Grant Prideco, Inc. From February 1999 until March 2001, he held various senior financial positions, including vice president of finance for Halliburton Company. From October 1997 until July 1998, he was a senior vice president at Burlington Resources, Inc. From 1978 until its merger with Burlington Resources, Inc. in 1997, he held a variety of increasingly responsible positions at Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, most recently as senior vice president, finance and administration and chief financial officer. Mr. Raspino also is a director of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. |
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