
Board of Directors
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THOMAS R. BATES (born 1949), Chair of the Board. Mr. Bates is a Senior Advisor of Lime Rock. He joined Lime Rock in 2001, and was a as Managing Director of the firm until 2010. Prior to joining Lime Rock, Mr. Bates served from 1998 through 2000 as president of the Discovery group of Baker Hughes (Western Geophysical, Baker Atlas and Baker Hughes Inteq) and was responsible for the integration of Western Atlas into Baker Hughes. Earlier, he served as President and CEO of Weatherford Enterra and was responsible in 1998 for its sale to EVI in the third largest oil service merger ever completed at that time. Previously, Mr. Bates spent 15 years with Schlumberger in both domestic and international locations. Mr. Bates was responsible for the Sedco-Forex rig fleet in the North Sea from 1986 through 1990 and in the Asia/Middle East region from 1990 through 1992. Mr. Bates is a US citizen and resides in the US.
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THORHILD WIDVEY |
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KRISTEN JAKOBSEN |
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EVA VON HIRSCH (born 1950), Board Member. Dr. Von Hirsch has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Durham University, UK. Her area of expertise lies mainly within the field of organizational culture, cross-cultural leadership, international decision-making and negotiation-strategies, as well as cultural aspects on mergers and acquisitions. Dr.von Hirsch is co-owner and executive Director of Telecom Management Company (TMP), founded in 2005, a former subsidiary company of Telenor. Dr.von Hirsch is also a member of the Board of Norwegian Refugee Council, SIMI (Scandinavian International Management Institute, Copenhagen), Telecom Management Partner AS and Aker Drilling AS. Dr.von Hirsch is a Norwegian citizen with residence in Norway. |
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PIERGIORIO LO GRECO (born 1972), Board member. Mr. Lo Greco joined Cheyne Capital Management as a Portfolio Manager in 2008. Prior to that he was at Arcapita Limited, |
| Nomination Committee | The Nomination Committee is comprised of: Thomas Robert Bates Jr (chair) Piergiorgio Lo Greco Katherine Støvring |