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BJ Services Hires New CFO; Adds Former Schlumberger CEO to Board
BJ Services announced that Andrew F. J. Gould and James W. “Bill” Stewart have been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, and Evelyn M. Angelle has joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
All appointments are effective immediately.
Andrew Gould served as the former Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Schlumberger Limited, the world’s largest oilfield services company, from 2003 until his retirement in 2011. Mr. Gould started his career at Schlumberger in 1975 and held various leadership roles throughout the world before his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gould currently serves as an independent director of Saudi Aramco. He previously served as a non-executive director of Rio Tinto, a resources and mining corporation, from 2002 until 2012, and a non-executive director and Chairman of BG Group, an international exploration and production company, from 2011 until 2015.
Bill Stewart is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of BJ Services, from 1990 until its acquisition by Baker Hughes in 2010. Prior to 1990, Mr. Stewart held various management and staff positions with BJ Services and its predecessor company. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Board of Directors of Baker Hughes, Delta SubSea, The Alley Theatre of Houston, and a Trustee of the Menil Collection and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Menil Collection.
Evelyn Angelle is an accomplished finance and accounting executive with more than 25 years of experience in various senior audit and financial management roles. Most recently, Ms. Angelle spent 12 years at Halliburton working in various senior roles, including Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Investor Relations. Before Halliburton, Ms. Angelle spent 15 years in Ernst & Young LLP’s audit practice. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant.
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