Board of Directors

Saad Bargach was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in February 2011.  Saad Bargach is a Managing Director at Lime Rock Partners. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bargach worked for more than 25 years at Schlumberger. Most recently, he served as the company's Chief Information Officer and from July 2004 to March 2006, as President, Well Completions & Productivity Group which included Artificial Lift (REDA), Completions (CAMCO), Testing (FLOPETROL), Subsea and Sand Management Services. During his career at Schlumberger, Mr. Bargach also served as President of Consulting & Systems Integration for Schlumberger Sema in several European locations; the President of the Drilling & Measurements division with worldwide responsibility for drill bits, directional drilling, measurements-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services; and the Cairo-base

Fredrik Halvorsen joined the Seawell Board of Directors in October 2010 and was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board in February 2011. Mr. Halvorsen is a Director of Deep Sea Supply Plc. Mr. Halvorsen's experience includes the position of CEO of Tandberg ASA and, subsequently, SVP of Cisco Systems Inc. Prior to that he was the leader of McKinsey's South East Asia Corporate Finance Practice. Mr. Halvorsen is currently employed by Frontline Corporate Services Ltd, and holds a degree in Business Administration from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, with majors in Finance and Economics.

Alejandro P. Bulgheroni was appointed to Director in February 2011. Mr. Bulgheroni has served as the Chairman of the Management Committee of Pan American Energy LLC. He also serves as Chairman, President and CEO of Associated Petroleum Investors Ltd., an international oil and gas holding company, as Chairman and President of Global Oilfield Holdings Ltd., as Chairman of Beusa Energy, Inc., and as President and CEO of Nuevo Manantial S.A. and Agroland S.A..

Jørgen Rasmussen has been a Director of the Company since its incorporation in August, 2007. Prior to this, Mr Rasmussen was employed by Schlumberger Limited ('Schlumberger') for 25 years. He has held various board positions in industry associations and oilfield companies and holds a M.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Mr. Rasmussen is also the Chief Executive Officer of  the Company. 

Giovanni Dell' Orto was appointed to our board of directors in February 2011. Mr. Dell' Orto was President and Chief Executive Officer of DLS Drilling, Logistics and Services from 1994 to August 2006. He is member of the Board of Energy Developments and Investments Corporation (EDIC), supervising EDIC's gas marketing activities in Europe and other upstream projects in North Africa. Mr. Dell' Orto has also served as Chairman and CEO of Saipem and was a board member of Agip and Snam.

Tor Olav Trøim has been Deputy Chairman and a Director of the Company since its incorporation in August, 2007. Mr Trøim is currently a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Golar LNG Limited (NASDAQ) and Seadrill Limited and also a member of the boards of the public companies, Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE), of which he is also President, Golden Ocean Group Limited (OSE) and Aktiv Kapital ASA (OSE).

John Reynolds was appointed Director in February 2009. Mr. Reynolds co-founded Lime Rock Partners in 1998 and is currently a Managing Director of Lime Rock. He currently serves on the board of directors of Tesco Corporation, EnerMech, Ltd., Revelation Energy Holdings, LLC, Omni Oil Technology Holdings Limited, and VEDCO Holdings, Inc. He previously served on the board of directors of Hercules Offshore, Inc., Eastern Drilling ASA, IPEC, Ltd., Noble Rochford Drilling, Ltd., Patriot Drilling, Roxar ASA, Sensa, Ltd., and Torch Offshore Inc.

Kate Blankenship has been a Director of the Company since its incorporation in August, 2007. Mrs Blankenship is also a director of Frontline Ltd, Golar LNG Limited, Ship Finance International limited, Golden Ocean Group Limited and Seadrill Limited.  Mrs Blankenship is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Cecilie Fredriksen has been a Director of the Company since September, 2008.  Ms Fredriksen is currently employed by Frontline Corporate Services in London and serves as a director of Aktiv Kapital ASA (OSE).  She received a BA in Business and Spanish from the London Metropolitan University in 2006.