Board of Directors

​Mr. Stephen Johnson has served as McDermott's President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors, since July 2010, and as Chairman of our Board of Directors since May 2011. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of our subsidiary, J. Ray McDermott, S.A., from January 2010 to July 2010 and as President and Chief Operating Officer of McDermott International, Inc. from April 2009 to December 2009. Before joining McDermott, he held the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Member, Office of the Chairman at Washington Group International, prior to its sale to URS Corporation. In this role, he was an integral member of the team responsible for that company’s overall strategic direction, operations and financial results. Johnson has been active in the engineering and construction industry for more than 38 years in both the U.S. and overseas, during a career that progressed from project assignments, sales and marketing, and business unit management to corporate executive management. He also lends his leadership to a number of organizations including the Business Roundtable, and the Engineering and Construction Industry Risk Institute, where he serves as Chairman.

​Mr. Bookout has served as a Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm, since March 2008. Previously, he was Senior Advisor to First Reserve Corporation, a private equity firm specializing in the energy industry, from 2006 to March 2008. Until 2006, he was a director of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, which he joined in 1978.

​From 2005 until his retirement in 2007, Mr. Brown was Vice President, Strategic Initiatives of Smith International, Inc., a supplier to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, petrochemical industry and other industrial markets. He was President of Smith Technologies (a business unit of Smith International, Inc.) from 1998 until 2005. Brown also serves as a director of Ultra Petroleum Corporation.

From November 2007 until his retirement in January 2008, Mr. Hanks was President of the Washington Division of URS Corporation, an engineering, construction and technical services company, and also served as a member of URS Corporation’s Board of Directors during that time. Previously, from June 2001 to November 2007, he was President and CEO of Washington Group International, Inc., an integrated engineering, construction and management services company that was acquired by URS Corporation in 2007, and served on its Board of Directors. Hanks is also a director of The Babcock & Wilcox Company and Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

From April 1995 until his retirement in April 2003, Mr. McWilliams was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cooper Industries Ltd., a worldwide manufacturer of electrical products, tools and hardware. He was Vice President of Cooper Industries from 1982 until April 1995. Mr. McWilliams also serves as a director of The Babcock & Wilcox Company.

​From November 2001 until his retirement in November 2004, Mr. Schievelbein was President of Northrop Grumman Newport News, a subsidiary of the Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global defense company. From October 1995 to October 2001, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. Currently, he also serves as a director of The Brinks Company and New York Life Insurance Company.

From July 2007 until her retirement in March 2009, Ms. Shafer-Malicki was Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of BP Angola, a subsidiary of BP p.l.c., an oil and natural gas exploration, production, refining and marketing company. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer of BP Angola from January 2006 to June 2007; Director General, BP Vietnam, an operating unit of BP, p.l.c. and various other engineering and managerial positions within BP p.l.c. Shafer-Malicki has also served as a Director of Ausenco Limited since January 2011.​

From February 2000 until his retirement in May 2009, Mr. Trice was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (since September 2004) of Newfield Exploration Company, an oil and natural gas exploration and production company. He served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Newfield Exploration Company from May 2009 through May 2010. He also serves as a director of New Jersey Resources Corporation and Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.