People: Pacific Drilling SA (PACD.N)

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Ron Moskovitz

 49 2011 Chairman of the Board

Christian Beckett

 43 2012 Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

William Restrepo

 52 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Robert MacChesney

 54 2008 Chief Operating Officer

Cees Van Diemen

 58 2009 Senior Vice President of Operations

Paul Guirlet

 Vice President Technical Support

Coy Wright

 Vice President Information Technology

Kinga Doris

 42 2010 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Paul Reese

 42 2008 Vice President Controller

John Boots

 Vice President Treasurer

Edgar Rincon

 Vice President Commercial

Michelle Hobbs

 Vice President of Human Resources

Paul Linkin

 Vice President QHSE

Jeremy Asher

 53 2011 Director

Laurence Charney

 65 2011 Director

Cyril Ducau

 33 2011 Director

Sarit Sagiv

 43 2011 Director

Paul Wolff

 64 2011 Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Ron Moskovitz

 Mr. Ron Moskovitz has been appointed as a Chairman of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA as of March 2011. Mr. Moskovitz is the Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited, a member of the Quantum Pacific Group, and serves as a board member of Israel Corp., Israel’s holding company with its core holdings focused on industries that meet basic human, industrial and economic needs (e.g., fertilizers and specialty chemicals, energy, shipping and transportation), which may be considered an affiliate of the Idan Ofer family. From July 2002 until November 2007, Mr. Moskovitz served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Amdocs Limited. From 1998 until July 2002, he served as Vice President of Finance at Amdocs, and between 1994 and 1998 he held various senior financial positions at Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Mr. Moskovitz is a CPA in Israel and holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from Haifa University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Christian Beckett

 Mr. Christian J. Beckett serves as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Drilling SA. Mr. Beckett has over 20 years experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining the Company, he led the Strategic Business Development and Planning group at Transocean Ltd. from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Beckett served at McKinsey & Company, Inc. from 2001 to 2004, where he provided strategic and operating advice to global energy companies and governments, and from 1990 to 2001 at Schlumberger Limited in a series of international management roles. Mr. Beckett holds a Bachelor of Science in Exploration Geophysics from University College London and a Masters of Business Administration from Rice University.

William Restrepo

 Mr. William J. Restrepo serves as Chief Financial Officer at Pacific Drilling SA, since February 2011. Mr. Restrepo was the Chief Financial Officer for Smith International, Inc. from October 2009 until the date of its merger with Schlumberger Limited on August 27, 2010. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Restrepo was the Chief Financial Officer for Seitel, Inc., a provider of seismic data for the North American oil and gas industry. From 1985 to 2005, Mr. Restrepo held financial and operational positions at Schlumberger Limited, including Regional General Manager for Continental Europe and for the Arabian Gulf, Corporate Treasurer, and Vice President of Finance for the pressure pumping and directional drilling business units, with international posts in Europe, South America and the Middle East. In September 2008, Mr. Restrepo was appointed to the board of directors of Probe, Inc., a manufacturer of wire line logging equipment and currently serves as the Chairman of its Finance and Audit Committee. Mr. Restrepo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University, a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Miami and a Masters of Business Administration from Cornell University.

Robert MacChesney

 Mr. Robert F. MacChesney serves as Chief Operating Officer at Pacific Drilling SA, since September 2008. Mr. MacChesney has over30 years experience in the drilling industry. Prior to joining the Company, he served at Transocean from 2000 to 2008 and at Schlumberger Limited, and offshore drilling subsidiary Sedco Forex Limited, from 1979 to 2000. During his tenure with Transocean Ltd. and Schlumberger Limited, he held a variety of positions in Operations Management and Marketing, including Country Manager in Malaysia, India, Brazil and the United Kingdom, Region Manager in the Middle East and India and Corporate Director, Deepwater Marketing. Mr. MacChesney holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Southampton University in the United Kingdom.

Cees Van Diemen

 Mr. Cees Van Diemen serves as Senior Vice President of Operations at Pacific Drilling SA, since February 2009. Mr. Van Diemen has 35 years experience in the mobile offshore drilling industry and experience in deepwater drilling from the early days of 600 feet water depth activity in 1977 to recent operations in 9,200 feet water depth. Prior to joining the Company, he served at Noble Drilling Corporation, and its predecessor Neddrill, as Vice President & Division Manager Brazil from 2005 to October 2008 and Vice President & Division Manager Mobiles Europe from 2000 to 2005. Mr. Van Diemen’s career started offshore in the traditional drill positions from Floor man to Offshore Installation Manager, before taking on increasing responsibility in onshore management roles from rig manager in West Africa, the Mediterranean and the North Sea, to district manager in the North Sea and Vice President & Division Manager in Europe and more recently in Brazil. Mr. Van Diemen holds a Bachelor of Science in Automotive engineering from the University of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.

Paul Guirlet

 Mr. Paul Guirlet serves as Vice President Technical Support at Pacific Drilling SA. He has over 20 years of experience in various engineering and operations positions with various major drilling contractors, including 12 years with Sedco Forex and Transocean.

Coy Wright

 Mr. Coy Wright serves as Vice President Information Technology at Pacific Drilling SA. He has over 25 years of experience managing global information technology with various energy industry companies, including Weatherford, Halliburton, and Gulf Mark Offshore.

Kinga Doris

 Ms. Kinga E. Doris has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Pacific Drilling SA, since September 2010. Ms. Doris has 15 years of experience advising global energy companies and is a frequent speaker on FCPA and anti-corruption issues. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Counsel for Pride International Inc. from 2006 to 2010, where she was responsible for legal affairs of the global operations and strategic planning groups. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Doris served as Associate General Counsel of Core Laboratories N.V. Prior to joining Core Laboratories, Ms. Doris was an attorney in the Houston offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, and MacRae LLP. Ms. Doris holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctorate from Texas Tech University.

Paul Reese

 Mr. Paul T. Reese serves as Vice President and Controller at Pacific Drilling SA, since October 2008. Mr. Reese has been finance professional in the oilfield services and E&P space for over 15 years. Prior to joining Pacific Drilling, he was Controller for the global Exploration and Development divisions at BHP Billiton Petroleum. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Reese served in various financial management roles at Transocean, including Finance Director for the North and South America Business Unit, Assistant Vice-President for Audit and Advisory Services and Finance Manager for the Asia & Australia and South America Regions, with international posts in Asia and Central and South America. Prior to joining Transocean, Mr. Reese was an auditor in the Houston offices of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Reese holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Managerial Studies and a Masters of Accounting from Rice University.

John Boots

 Mr. John Boots serves as Vice President Treasurer at Pacific Drilling SA. He has over 20 years of European and United States experience in the energy industry, including 14 years at Noble Drilling and its predecessor Neddrill.

Edgar Rincon

 Mr. Edgar Rincon serves as Vice President Commercial at Pacific Drilling SA. He has 12 years of experience in the consulting and energy industries most recently at McKinsey in Caracas and Houston.

Michelle Hobbs

 Ms. Michelle Hobbs serves as Vice President of Human Resources at Pacific Drilling SA. She has over 15 years experience in international Human Resources strategy development and execution, acquisitions and integration, organizational planning and design, compensation and budgeting.

Paul Linkin

 Mr. Paul Linkin serves as Vice President for Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) at Pacific Drilling SA. He has nnearly 20 years of experience in various operations and QHSE management roles at Schlumberger.

Jeremy Asher

 Mr. Jeremy Asher was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA in April 2011. Mr. Asher is currently Chairman of Agile Energy Limited, a privately held energy investment company; Chairman of Tower Resources plc, an oil & gas exploration company; a director of Better Place BV, a company promoting and enabling the mass deployment of electric cars; and an advisor to Oil Refineries Limited, an independent refiner and petrochemicals producer. Until 2010, he also served as a director of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., another oil and gas exploration company; and until 2008 he served as a director of Process Systems Enterprise Limited, a developer of process simulation software. Between 2001 and the present, Mr. Asher has also served as a director and financial investor in various other enterprises. From 1998 until 2001, Mr. Asher served as the Chief Executive Officer of PA Consulting Group. Prior to that, in the late 1980’s, Mr. Asher ran the global oil products trading business of what is now Glencore AG and, prior to that, spent several years as a consultant at what is now Oliver Wyman. Mr. Asher is a graduate of the London School of Economics and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a member of the London Business School’s Global Advisory Council and serves as a member of the Engineering Advisory Board of Imperial Innovations plc, the commercial arm of Imperial College.

Laurence Charney

 Mr. Laurence N. Charney has been appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA as of April 2011. Mr. Charney retired from Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) in June 2007, where, over the course of his more than 35-year career, he served as Partner, Practice Leader and Senior Advisor. Since his retirement from Ernst & Young, Mr. Charney has served as a business strategist and financial advisor to boards, senior management and investors of early stage ventures, private businesses and small to mid-cap public corporations across the consumer products, energy, real estate, high-tech/software, media/entertainment, and non-profit sectors. His most recent affiliations have included board tenures with Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Pure BioFuels, Inc.,and UJA Federation of New York. He was appointed to the board of Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in February 2011. Mr. Charney is a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (Accounting), and he also completed an Executive Masters program at Columbia University. Mr. Charney maintains active membership with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Cyril Ducau

 Mr. Cyril Ducau has been appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA as of April 2011. Mr. Ducau is Head of Business Development of Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited, part of the Quantum Pacific Group, a position he has held since June 2008. Prior to joining Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited, Mr. Ducau was Vice President in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley & Co. International Ltd. in London and during his tenure there from 2000 to 2008, he held various positions in the Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions teams and worked on the execution of more than 50 financial transactions for European corporations. Prior to that, Mr. Ducau gained experience in consultancy working for Arthur D. Little in Munich and investment management with Credit Agricole UI Private Equity in Paris. Mr. Ducau graduated from ESCP Europe Business School (Paris, Oxford, Berlin) and holds a MSc in business administration and a Diplom Kaufmann.

Sarit Sagiv

 Ms. Sarit Sagiv has been appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA as of April 2011. Ms. Sagiv recently joined Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited, part of the Quantum Pacific Group. Prior to joining Quantum Pacific Group, from September 2007 until September 2010, Ms. Sagiv served as Vice President Finance of Amdocs Limited, and from December 2006 until September 2007, she served as Finance Director of a business division of Amdocs Limited. Ms. Sagiv also held senior financial positions in public global high-tech companies including Chief Financial Officer of Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of Cimatron Ltd. She also served as Corporate Controller of Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. Ms. Sagiv holds a Bachelor in Accounting and Economics, a Masters in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University and a MA degree in law from Bar Ilan University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.

Paul Wolff

 Mr. Paul Wolff has been appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Drilling SA as of April 2011. Since 2006, Mr. Wolff has served as an independent director and private investor in different financial and industrial companies. From 1971 to 2006, he worked in the banking sector in which he held various responsibilities in corporate and private banking. He served as a Managing Director of Mees Pierson, headed the Trust Business and was Head of Private Banking and Asset Management. Mr. Wolff has a degree in Commercial Engineering from University of Louvain, a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD Fountainebleau, and Advanced Management Program from Harvard.

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