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Jim
LaChance
Chairman of the Board
Mr. LaChance has been a portfolio
manager specializing in high-yield
bonds and distressed investments
for the past 11 years. Most recently
Mr. LaChance was at Satellite Asset
Management, L.P., a $7 billion AUM
(Assets Under Management) investment
management fund in New York City.
Prior to that, he was a Partner at
Post Advisory Group, LLC, an $8 billion
AUM investment management firm in
Los Angeles. Before that, he managed
hedge funds for LibertyView Capital
Management.
He began his professional
career as an audit and management
consultant for Arthur Andersen & Co.
Subsequent to obtaining his MBA Mr.
LaChance worked as a restructuring
and merchant banker with Chase Manhattan
Bank. He holds a bachelors degree
in business administration from Northeastern
University ('88) and an MBA from
the Stern School of Business at New
York University ('93). |
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Marion
M. Woolie
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Mr. Woolie joined Northern Offshore
in October 2007 as President and
CEO, after 25 years of service at
Global Marine Drilling Company, where
he held positions of increasing responsibility
culminating as President in 1998
and as Senior Vice President, Operations
for GlobalSantaFe from 2001 to 2007. Previously,
he was with National Supply Company,
with the wellhead/subsea and drilling
equipment divisions. He served as
Chairman of the International Association
of Drilling Contractors in 2004 and
is a member of the American Petroleum
Institute. Mr. Woolie holds
a bachelors degree in management
and an MBA from the University of
Houston.
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Stephen
Knudtzon
Director
Mr Knudtzon is a partner in the
Oslo office of the law firm, Thommessen
Krefting Greve Lund AS Advokatfirma.
Mr Knudtzon was admitted to the Norwegian
bar in 1979 and before the Supreme
Court in 1991. He became a partner
in Lund & Co ANS in 1986 which
merged with Thommessen in 1993. He
is a Board Member of the Norwegian
Maritime Law Association and a member
of the legal committee of the Norwegian
Shipowners Association.Mr Knudtzon
is also a non-executive board member
on various shipping companies. He
is a Norwegian citizen and resides
in Oslo, Norway. |
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Kurt Plumer
Director
Mr. Plumer is a Partner and Senior Porfolio
Manager for Dallas-based Highland Capital
Management, L.P., a $31 billion-plus AUM,
SEC-registered investment advisory firm
specializing in credit, structured product
and special-situations investment. Prior
to joining Highland in 1999, he was a distressed
high-yield bond trader at Lehman Brothers
in New York. Before that, he was
a corporate finance banker at Bank of America
Capital Markets. A Chartered Financial
Analyst, he holds a bachelors degree in
business administration from Baylor University
and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern
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Nick Vouloumanos
Director
Mr. Vouloumanos is a Director at Ramius
Capital , New York which he joined in 2000. Previously,
he was with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
in the Leveraged Finance Department. A
Chartered Financial Analyst, he holds a
bachelor of sciences degree in biology
with a minor in chemistry from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an
MBA in finance from the Stern School of
Business at New York University. |
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Mike Dawson
Senior Vice President of Finance,
Chief Financial Officer
and Director
Mr. Dawson joined Northern Offshore in
early 2008, after serving as Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of
the offshore drilling company GlobalSantaFe
from 2005 until its merger with Transocean
Inc. in late 2007. He previously
served as Vice President and Controller
and as Vice President and Treasurer for
GlobalSantaFe. Before that, he
was Vice President, Investor Relations
and Corporate Communications for Global
Marine, Inc., and served in various financial
management, investor relations and acquisitions
positions at Union Texas Petroleum Holdings. He
began his career with Shell Oil Company. He
holds a bachelors degree in business administration
from the University of Iowa and serves
on the Board of Directors of Benchmark
Electronics, Inc., an NYSE company, where
he chairs the Audit Committee and is a
member of the Compensation Committee. |
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Fred Brooks
Senior Vice President of Operations
Mr. Brooks joined Northern Offshore in
December 2007 after spending nearly 30
years in the offshore drilling business. Previously,
he was Regional Vice President of Deepwater
and Gulf of Mexico Operations for GlobalSantaFe. Before that, he was in
charge of operations in West Africa and
led various deepwater operations for that
company around the world. He
also spent 17 years with Sedco Forex, holding
almost every rig position in the Sedco
deepwater and floating fleet in addition
to working in upgrade/construction project
management. He holds a bachelors
degree in administration from the University
of Mississippi. |
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Steve Gangelhoff
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Mr. Gangelhoff is an industry veteran
with 33 years of experience in contract
drilling operations management and marketing. Most
recently, he was Vice President of Sales & Contracts
for Deepwater and Vice President of Business
Development for GlobalSantaFe until that
companys merger with Transocean Inc. He
previously served several years as Vice
President of Operations for GlobalSantaFe
International Corporation, living in Southeast
Asia and South America. Prior
to that he spent several years working
around the world offshore in various rig
positions, and onshore in various rig management
positions. He holds a bachelor of arts
degree in Journalism from the University
of Minnesota and a masters in public relations
from Boston University. |
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