People: Tidewater Inc (TDW.N)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Dean Taylor |
64 | 2012 | Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
Jeffrey Platt |
54 | 2012 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Quinn Fanning |
48 | 2008 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Jeffrey Gorski |
2012 | Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President | |
Bruce Lundstrom |
48 | 2008 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
Joseph Bennett |
56 | 2008 | Executive Vice President, Chief Investor Relations Officer |
Richard Pattarozzi |
69 | 2007 | Lead Independent Director |
M. Jay Allison |
57 | 2006 | Independent Director |
James Day |
70 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Richard du Moulin |
65 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Morris Foster |
69 | 2010 | Independent Director |
J. Wayne Leonard |
62 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Jon Madonna |
70 | 1999 | Independent Director |
Joseph Netherland |
66 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Nicholas Sutton |
68 | 2006 | Independent Director |
Cindy Taylor |
50 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Jack Thompson |
63 | 2005 | Independent Director |
W. Sam Houston |
IR Contact Officer |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Dean Taylor |
Mr. Dean E. Taylor is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Tidewater Inc., since May 31, 2012. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer until May 31, 2012. Mr. Taylor began his career with Tidewater in 1978 as an assistant manager with the company’s Gulf of Mexico operations. He was promoted to General Manager of business activities in Italy in 1979, to General Manager of Brazilian business activities in 1981, and to General Manager of operations in the Middle East and India in 1985. Mr. Taylor also served as General Manager of Tidewater’s Mexican operations beginning in 1986, and in 1994, his responsibilities were expanded to cover both Mexico and Venezuela. He was first promoted to corporate Vice President in 1993. Mr. Taylor was appointed President and a director in 2001, Chief Executive Officer in 2002, and was elected to the chairmanship in 2003. Prior to his employment with Tidewater, Mr. Taylor served seven years of active duty as a U.S. Naval Officer, with duty aboard a Navy destroyer and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. He also served as a staff Officer for the Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet. He received a B.A. in English from Tulane University and an MSBA from Boston University. In 2000, he completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program. |
Jeffrey Platt |
Mr. Jeffrey M. Platt is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Tidewater Inc. He is President, Chief Executive Officer since June 1, 2012. Mr. Platt joined the company in 1996 as General Manager of its Brazilian operations. In 2001, he assumed responsibility for all of the company’s joint ventures and business in Mexico. In November 2001, Mr. Platt was promoted to the position of corporate Vice President with responsibility for all of the company’s business activities in South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. In March 2004, he was promoted to Senior Vice President. In this role, he was responsible for the Americas and operations activities in the Middle East and India. Until his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2012, Mr. Platt served as the company’s Executive Vice President since July 2006 and Chief Operating Officer since March 2010. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Platt had a 15-year career with Schlumberger Well Services and Rollins Environmental Services. Mr. Platt graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Platt serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, the Seamen’s Church Institute, The U.S. Coast Guard Foundation and the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). |
Quinn Fanning |
Mr. Quinn P. Fanning is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Tidewater Inc. He is Chief Financial Officer since September 2008. Executive Vice President since July 2008. Prior to July 2008, Mr. Fanning was a Managing Director with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and generally focused on advisory services for the energy industry. |
Jeffrey Gorski |
Mr. Jeffrey A. Gorski has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Tidewater Inc., effective June 1, 2012. Mr. Gorski joined Tidewater in January of this year after a 28-year career at Schlumberger. Currently, Mr. Gorski is a Senior Vice President responsible for Tidewater's operations in the United States and its engineering and technical services group. Effective June 1, 2012, Mr. Gorski will assume responsibility for worldwide operations. |
Bruce Lundstrom |
Mr. Bruce D. Lundstrom is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Tidewater Inc. He is Executive Vice President since August 2008. Senior Vice President from September 2007 to July 2008. General Counsel since September 24, 2007. |
Joseph Bennett |
Mr. Joseph M. Bennett is Executive Vice President, Chief Investor Relations Officer of Tidewater Inc. He is Executive Vice President since June 2008. Chief Investor Relations Officer since 2005. Senior Vice President from 2005 to May 2008. Principal Accounting Officer from 2001 to May 2008. Vice President from 2001 to 2005. Controller from 1990 to 2005. |
Richard Pattarozzi |
Mr. Richard A. Pattarozzi is Lead Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since 2007. He retired as Vice President of Shell Oil Company in 2000, having joined the Shell family of companies in 1966. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer for both Shell Deepwater Development, Inc. and Shell Deepwater Production, Inc. from 1995 until 1999. Mr. Pattarozzi previously served on the boards of Superior Energy Services, Inc., a provider of specialized oilfield services and equipment, and Transocean Inc., the former parent holding company and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transocean Ltd., the world’s offshore drilling contractor, and Global Industries, Ltd., an offshore engineering and construction company that merged with Technip S.A. in 2011. He is the past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Offshore Energy Center. Mr. Pattarozzi received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Illinois. Mr. Pattarozzi is a member of the board of FMC Technologies, Inc. and serves as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Stone Energy Corporation, a publicly-traded independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Mr. Pattarozzi also currently serves on the board of trustees of the National World War II Museum, Inc. in New Orleans and previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Greater New Orleans. |
M. Jay Allison |
Mr. M. Jay Allison is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since September 2006. He is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the board of directors of Comstock Resources, Inc., a publicly-traded independent energy company specializing in oil and gas acquisitions, exploration, and development. He first joined Comstock Resources in 1987 as its Vice President, Secretary, and Director, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 1988, and was elected the company’s Chairman in 1997. Mr. Allison holds B.B.A., M.S., and J.D. degrees from Baylor University. From 1981 to 1987, he was a practicing oil and gas attorney with the firm of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland, Texas. Mr. Allison was Chairman of the board of directors of Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc., an independent exploration company engaged in the discovery and production of oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico, from its formation in 2004 until its merger with Stone Energy Corporation in August 2008. Mr. Allison is a member of the Board of Regents for Baylor University and is the Chairman of the board of Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas. Mr. Allison was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Energy, Chemicals and Mining category. |
James Day |
Mr. James C. Day is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since September 2007. He is the retired Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer and President of Noble Corporation, one of the world’s offshore drilling companies. He served as Chairman of the board of directors of Noble from 1992 to 2007, as its Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2006, and as President from 1984 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Day began his career at Noble after his graduation from Phillips University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Oklahoma. From 1993 to 2006, Mr. Day served as a director for Global Industries, Ltd., a publicly-traded provider of offshore marine construction services. He is a former chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). Mr. Day currently serves as a director of ONEOK, Inc. He is an honorary director of the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Day is a trustee of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., and is founder, director, and President of The James C. and Teresa K. Day Foundation. He serves on the boards of numerous other civic, business, and not-for-profit organizations. |
Richard du Moulin |
Mr. Richard T. du Moulin is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since September 2003. He currently serves as the President of Intrepid Shipping LLC, a position he has held since the company was founded in 2002. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Mr. du Moulin served in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1972. In 1974, he received an MBA from Harvard Business School and began his career at OMI Corporation. During his 15 years with OMI, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and as a member of the company’s board of directors. He left OMI in 1989 to start his own company, Intrepid Shipping. That same year, he led a group of partners in a buy-out of Marine Transport Lines (MTL), the oldest transportation company in America, after which Intrepid took on the name of MTL. The company later went public and became Marine Transport Corporation (MTC), and Mr. du Moulin served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2002. After the acquisition of several competitors, Mr. du Moulin and partners sold MTC to Crowley Maritime in 2000, paving the way for him to re-establish Intrepid Shipping in 2002. Mr. du Moulin served as Chairman of Intertanko, the trade organization for the tanker industry, from 1996 to 1999. Mr. du Moulin is a recipient of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Distinguished Service Medal and the shipping industry’s highest honors, the Commodore Award and the AOTAS (Admiral of the Ocean Seas). Mr. du Moulin is currently a director of Teekay Tankers Ltd. |
Morris Foster |
Mr. Morris E. Foster is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since July 2010. He retired in 2008 as Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation and President of ExxonMobil Production Company following more than 40 years of service with the ExxonMobil group. Mr. Foster joined Exxon in 1965 after his graduation from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He served in a number of production engineering and management roles domestically as well as in the United Kingdom and Malaysia prior to his appointment in 1995 as a Senior Vice President in charge of the upstream business of Exxon Company, USA. In 1998, Mr. Foster was appointed President of Exxon Upstream Development Company, and following the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999, he was named to the position of President of ExxonMobil Development Company. In 2004, Mr. Foster was named President of Exxon Mobil Production Company, the division responsible for ExxonMobil’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production business, and a Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation. Mr. Foster currently serves as Chairman of Stagecoach Properties Inc., a real estate holding corporation with properties in Salado, Houston and College Station, Texas and Argentina and as a member of the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University. In addition, Mr. Foster currently serves on the boards of Scott & White Medical Institute, First State Bank of Temple Texas and The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO). He was inducted into Texas A&M University’s Academy of Distinguished Graduates in 1993. |
J. Wayne Leonard |
Mr. J. Wayne Leonard is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since November 2003. He is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Entergy Corporation, a Fortune 500 integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Mr. Leonard has over 38 years of experience in the energy and power sector. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Entergy in 1999 and elected Chairman in 2006. Mr. Leonard earned a degree in Accounting and Political Science from Ball State University and an MBA from Indiana University. He is a certified public accountant. Mr. Leonard has been recognized as one of the top CEOs in the power industry. He received the Platts Global Energy Award of Global Energy CEO of the Year in 2003, having been a finalist for that award for an unprecedented nine consecutive years (2001-2009). Mr. Leonard was named Institutional Investor’s Best CEO (energy/electric utilities) in 2010 and in 2004, and was one of the top four nominees for that award in every year during that period. |
Jon Madonna |
Mr. Jon C. Madonna is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since 1999. He retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG Peat Marwick, an international consulting and accounting firm, in 1996, having spent 28 years in various management positions with that company. More recently, he served as President of DigitalThink, Inc., an electronic learning enterprise solutions company, from 2001 to 2002 and as Chairman from 2002 until the company was acquired by Convergys in 2004. Between his tenures at KPMG Peat Marwick and DigitalThink, Mr. Madonna held executive positions at Carlson Wagonlit Travel and the Travelers Group. He has previously served on the board of Albertson’s, Inc., Visa U.S.A. Inc., Jazz Technologies, Inc., and Phelps Dodge Corporation. Mr. Madonna holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of San Francisco. Mr. Madonna currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of AT&T Corporation and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a publicly-traded copper mining company. |
Joseph Netherland |
Mr. Joseph H. Netherland is no longer Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., effective August 2013. He retired in 2008 as Chairman of the Board of FMC Technologies, Inc., an oil and gas equipment services company, although he continues to serve as a member of its board. Mr. Netherland began his career with the Petroleum Equipment Group of FMC Corporation in 1985, and was appointed to the board of FMC Corporation in 1998. He served as an executive and director of FMC Corporation until 2001, when Mr. Netherland was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Technologies in connection with its spin-off as a separate, publicly-traded entity. He holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Netherland is also a member of the boards of Newfield Exploration Company, a publicly-traded (NYSE), independent exploration and production company and Spectra Energy, a publicly-traded (NYSE) energy infrastructure company. Mr. Netherland serves on the board of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association and has previously served on the Advisory Board of the Department of Engineering at Texas A&M University. |
Nicholas Sutton |
Mr. Nicholas J. Sutton is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since July 2006. He has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Energy Corporation, a publicly-traded company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of domestic oil and gas, since the company’s founding in 2004. Mr. Sutton was co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of HS Resources, Inc. from 1978 until late 2001, when Kerr-McGee Corporation acquired the company. Mr. Sutton served on the board of Kerr-McGee from 2001 until he founded Resolute in 2004. Mr. Sutton has also served on the boards of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, the San Francisco Bay Area YMCA, and the Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Foundation. Mr. Sutton earned his law degree from the University of California-Hastings College of Law and his undergraduate degree in engineering from Iowa State University. He is a Graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Education OPM Program. Before founding HS Resources, Mr. Sutton served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and practiced law with the San Francisco firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Mr. Sutton is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. |
Cindy Taylor |
Ms. Cindy B. Taylor is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since January 2008. Ms. Taylor has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Oil States International, Inc., a publicly-traded, diversified solutions provider for the oil and gas industry, since 2007. Ms. Taylor first joined Oil States in 2000 as Senior Vice President— Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, serving as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 2006 until 2007. Ms. Taylor began her career in 1984 with Ernst & Young, LLP, a public accounting firm, and held various management positions with that firm until 1992. Ms. Taylor was Vice President—Controller of Cliffs Drilling Company from 1992 to 1999 and Chief Financial Officer of LE Simmons & Associates, Inc. from 1999 to 2000. She holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas. Ms. Taylor previously served as a director of Global Industries, Ltd., an offshore engineering and construction company, and Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc., a well control and emergency response company. |
Jack Thompson |
Mr. Jack E. Thompson, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Tidewater Inc., since March 2005. He has been employed as an independent management consultant since 2001. An engineer with over 40 years of experience in mining and mine management, Mr. Thompson served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Homestake Mining Company, a publicly-traded gold mining company, from 1994 until it became a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation in 2001. Mr. Thompson then served as Vice Chairman of Barrick, one of the pure gold mining operations in the world, until 2005. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining and Engineering from the University of Arizona and an Honorary Doctorate in Mining Management from the South Dakota School of Mines. Mr. Thompson has previously served on the boards of directors of Rinker Group Ltd., a publicly-traded, Australian-based multinational building products company acquired by CEMEX in 2007, and Stillwater Mining Company, a publicly-traded mining company primarily engaged in the development, extraction, processing, smelting, refining, and marketing of palladium, platinum, and associated metals in Montana. Mr. Thompson has also served as a director of Phelps Dodge Corporation, a publicly-traded copper mining company which was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in 2007; Centerra Gold, Inc.; and Century Aluminum Co., a publicly-traded producer of primary aluminum. In addition, he has previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of Resource Capital Funds, LLP. Mr. Thompson has taught seminars and classes on corporate governance and management at the University of Arizona, Golden Gate University, and the University of California at Davis. |
W. Sam Houston |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Dean Taylor |
5,741,650 |
Jeffrey Platt |
2,856,320 |
Quinn Fanning |
2,450,870 |
Jeffrey Gorski |
-- |
Bruce Lundstrom |
2,124,550 |
Joseph Bennett |
1,920,880 |
Richard Pattarozzi |
-- |
M. Jay Allison |
-- |
James Day |
-- |
Richard du Moulin |
-- |
Morris Foster |
-- |
J. Wayne Leonard |
-- |
Jon Madonna |
-- |
Joseph Netherland |
-- |
Nicholas Sutton |
-- |
Cindy Taylor |
-- |
Jack Thompson |
-- |
W. Sam Houston |
-- |
As Of 30 Mar 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Dean Taylor |
600,318 | 11,551,179 |
Jeffrey Platt |
110,100 | 3,437,380 |
Quinn Fanning |
10,359 | 168,852 |
Jeffrey Gorski |
0 | 0 |
Bruce Lundstrom |
21,547 | 606,009 |
Joseph Bennett |
0 | 0 |
Richard Pattarozzi |
0 | 0 |
M. Jay Allison |
0 | 0 |
James Day |
0 | 0 |
Richard du Moulin |
0 | 0 |
Morris Foster |
0 | 0 |
J. Wayne Leonard |
0 | 0 |
Jon Madonna |
0 | 0 |
Joseph Netherland |
0 | 0 |
Nicholas Sutton |
0 | 0 |
Cindy Taylor |
0 | 0 |
Jack Thompson |
0 | 0 |
W. Sam Houston |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
TAYLOR DEAN E |
19,467 | $28.05 |
TAYLOR DEAN E |
13,293 | $62.00 |
PLATT JEFFREY MICHAEL |
2,305 | $55.09 |
GORSKI JEFFREY A |
708 | $55.09 |
TAYLOR DEAN E |
16,249 | $0.00 |
PLATT JEFFREY MICHAEL |
5,864 | $0.00 |
FANNING QUINN P |
5,457 | $0.00 |
BENNETT JOSEPH M |
4,547 | $0.00 |
DEMAREST CRAIG J |
2,501 | $0.00 |
LUNDSTROM BRUCE DOUGLAS |
5,675 | $0.00 |
DEMAREST CRAIG J |
5,254 | $0.00 |
GORSKI JEFFREY A |
16,418 | $0.00 |
LUNDSTROM BRUCE DOUGLAS |
14,448 | $0.00 |
BENNETT JOSEPH M |
11,821 | $0.00 |
PLATT JEFFREY MICHAEL |
36,776 | $0.00 |
FANNING QUINN P |
16,418 | $0.00 |
DEMAREST CRAIG J |
1,151 | $47.60 |
DEMAREST CRAIG J |
1,333 | $47.58 |
LUNDSTROM BRUCE DOUGLAS |
1,042 | $48.44 |
BENNETT JOSEPH M |
836 | $48.44 |
DEMAREST CRAIG J |
546 | $48.44 |
FANNING QUINN P |
1,003 | $48.44 |
TAYLOR DEAN E |
4,829 | $48.44 |
PLATT JEFFREY MICHAEL |
1,522 | $48.44 |
PLATT JEFFREY MICHAEL |
2,047 | $47.11 |

