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Mahesh Swaminathan is Senior Vice President, Subsea & Floating Facilities for McDermott.

Mahesh has nearly three decades of operations, commercial and project leadership expertise within the energy industry. During his 15-year tenure at McDermott, he has held senior positions in strategy, commercial and major projects.

He has extensive global experience, in both large-scale project and corporate roles, with a career spanning across Asia, Australia, Middle East and Europe. Prior to joining McDermott, Mahesh worked for [Saipem](/org/saipem-spa), [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) and Kvaerner John Brown.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a post-graduate diploma in project management and a master’s degree in contracts law and arbitration.

Mahesh Swaminathan

Gary P. Luquette joined the McDermott Board in 2013 and serves as the non-executive Chair of the Board.  He is also a member of the Compensation Committee.

From January 2015 until November 2016, Gary served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Frank’s International N.V. (Frank’s), a global provider of engineered tubular services to the oil and gas industry, and served as a special advisor until his retirement in December 2016. He also served as a member of Frank’s Supervisory Board from November 2013 until May 2017. 

Previously, Gary served as President of [Chevron](/org/chevron-corporation) North America Exploration and Production, a unit of [Chevron](/org/chevron-corporation) Corporation, from 2006 until September 2013. He began his career with [Chevron](/org/chevron-corporation) in 1978 and, prior to serving as President, held several other key exploration and production positions in Europe, California, Indonesia and Louisiana, including Managing Director of [Chevron](/org/chevron-corporation) Upstream Europe, Vice President, Profit Center Manager, Advisor and Engineer.

He has also served as a director of Southwestern Energy Company, an independent energy company engaged in natural gas and oil exploration, development and production, natural gas gathering and marketing, since 2017, and as a director of Apergy Corporation, a provider of highly engineered technologies that help companies drill for and produce oil and gas efficiently and safely around the world, since 2018.

Gary graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the [University of Louisiana at Lafayette](/org/university-of-louisiana-at-lafayette).

Gary P. Luquette

Cesar Canals is the Senior Vice President of CB&I Storage Tanks for McDermott.

Cesar has over 35 years of experience in providing steel plate structures and EPC solutions for the energy industry. He joined McDermott through the combination with CB&I.

Cesar began his career with CB&I in 1982 and has held various leadership positions in both operations and sales. His experience includes working for both the non-union and union divisons in the U.S., as well as international assignments in Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Argentina.

Previously, Cesar served as Global Vice President and Product Executive of CB&I Storage Tanks. He also served as President of the CB&I Steel Plate Structures business unit with responsibility for worldwide operations, which included direct management of Operations, Business Development, Services, Engineering, Finance, Safety and Quality Control and an organization of over 8,000 employees.

Cesar holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from [Villanova University](/org/villanova-university) and is a graduate of the Executive Business Management Program at The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and the Global Leadership Development Program at [Rice University](/org/rice-university), Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management.

Cesar E. Canals

Vaseem Khan is Senior Vice President, Global Operations for  McDermott.

In this role, Vaseem leads McDermott’s operations worldwide as well as global engineering and supply chain centers in India and global fabrication facilities in China, Indonesia and Mexico. Vaseem additionally oversees the company’s energy transition strategy and partner relationships; knowledge and innovation; and digital- and data-driven insight initiatives.

Vaseem has over 35 years of experience in engineering, construction and project delivery, and has held positions in onshore and offshore engineering, site and completions management, project management and regional operations in several countries.

During his seven years with McDermott, Vaseem has held leadership positions including Global Head of Engineering and Commissioning; Vice President Operations Performance and Digital; and Senior Advisor, Offshore for the company. Prior to McDermott, Vaseem was the Regional Senior Vice President of Middle East operations with Technip (now [Technip Energies](/org/technip-energies)).
Vaseem holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota) where his post graduate research was in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He also attended an international business management program at Royal Holloway College, London.

Vaseem Khan

Travis has extensive experience as a finance professional, having served in various corporate and operational finance and professional services roles. Since joining the company in 2015, Travis has led finance teams in its North, Central and South America and Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses, including a posting in London. He has also led multiple transformation teams dating back to the combination of McDermott and CB&I.  Most recently, Travis served as McDermott’s Global Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
 
Prior to McDermott, Travis spent nine years in [Deloitte](/org/deloitte)’s external audit practice, primarily serving clients in the oil and gas space.  In addition to his finance career, Travis also spent a combined 21 years (active and reserve) in the [United States Army](/org/united-states-army).

Travis’ breadth of experience has allowed him to develop and apply his own brand of leadership to develop high-performing teams and deliver organizational value.
 
Travis holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from [Texas State University](/org/texas-state-university) and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. 

Travis Brantley

Rachel Clingman is Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Governance for McDermott. She leads the company’s sustainability, enterprise risk management, legal and compliance functions and serves as Corporate Secretary.

Rachel brings more than 25 years of industry experience guiding public and private companies in creating value and managing complex risk and regulatory environments.

Before joining McDermott in 2021, Rachel was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Noble Energy, Inc., which merged with [Chevron](/org/chevron-corporation) in 2020. Before joining Noble, Rachel was Vice President and General Counsel for the global petroleum and Americas minerals businesses of BHP. She started her career at a prominent international law firm and has served as a registered lobbyist.

Rachel has held leadership roles in a number of civic and charitable organizations and currently serves on the board of the American Heart Association in Houston. She is active in the [National Association of Corporate Directors](/org/national-association-of-corporate-directors), the Executive Women’s Partnership, Direct Women and the General Counsel Forum.

Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political Science from [Rice University](/org/rice-university) and a law degree from the University of Texas where she served on the Texas Law Review.

Rachel G. Clingman

Tareq F. Kawash

Gentry Brann

Michael McKelvy is President and Chief Executive Officer of McDermott International and a member of the Board of Directors. He brings more than three decades of industry leadership in global engineering, procurement and construction markets as he executes the company’s strategic growth and operational plan.
 
Previously, Michael led Gilbane Building Company as President and CEO since 2014, where he was instrumental in record growth, profitable operations and a strong customer commitment.
 
Prior to joining Gilbane, Michael spent 26 years at CH2M Hill where he held multiple leadership positions and ultimately became Chief Delivery Officer of the company. In this position, he was responsible for project execution across all domestic and international regions with oversight of risk, safety, security, procurement and quality. He spent his early career in operations as an architect and project manager at C.H. Guernsey & Company and Lockwood Greene, which became part of CH2M Hill.
 
Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors for RPS Group PLC, a leading global professional services firm. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana Tech University.
 
He completed executive management programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Babson College.

Michael McKelvy

Mary Shafer-Malicki joined McDermott’s Board of Directors in 2011. She is a member of both the Compensation Committee and Governance Committee.

From July 2007 until her retirement in March 2009, Mary was Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of BP Angola, a subsidiary of BP plc, an oil and natural gas exploration, production, refining and marketing company. Previously, she held several other executive leadership positions during her 25-year career with BP plc and Amoco Corp. (which was acquired by BP in 1998), including Chief Operating Officer of BP Angola from January 2005 to June 2007, Director General of BP Vietnam, from 2003 to 2004, and various other international engineering and managerial positions.

In addition to working with a number of non-profit organizations, she has also served as a director of Wood PLC, a leading independent services provider for the oil and gas and power generation markets, since June 2012, and has served as a director of QEP Resources, Inc., an energy company specializing in natural gas and oil exploration, since July 2017. She also served as a director of Ausenco Limited, an Australian company providing engineering design, project management, process controls and operations solutions to a variety of industries, from January 2011 to December 2016.

Mary graduated from [Oklahoma State University](/org/oklahoma-state-university) with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

Mary Shafer-Malicki

W. Craig Kissel

Heather L. Summerfield

Forbes is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Jabil Circuit Inc., a position he has held since 2004. He served as Jabil Circuit’s Treasurer from 1996 to 2004 and Controller of Operations in Scotland from 1993 to 1996. Prior to Jabil Circuit, Forbes held financial management positions in Europe with Tandy Electronics, Hewlett Packard, Apollo Computer and Turner & Newall.

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