IADC CONNECTION • 2023 OFFICERS
IADC Board of Directors elects 2023 officers
ANDY HENDRICKS, Chair – Patterson-UTI
SCOTT MCREAKEN, Secretary/Treasurer
– Northern Ocean
Mr Hendricks has served
as President and CEO
of Patterson-UTI since
October 2012 and as a
director since June 2017.
He previously served as
the company’s Chief Operating Officer
from April 2012 through September 2012.
From May 2010 through March 2012, he
served as President of Schlumberger
Drilling & Measurements. Prior to that, he
had worked for Schlumberger in various
worldwide locations and capacities since
1988, including serving in numerous exec-
utive positions since 2003. Mr Hendricks
holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum
engineering from Texas A&M University.
LEIF NELSON, Vice Chair – Seadrill
Mr Nelson has served as
Seadrill Management’s
Executive VP and Chief
Operating and Technology
Officer since June 2015.
Prior to joining Seadrill, he
held various operational positions around
the globe for Transocean. Mr Nelson is a
graduate of the Colorado School of Mines
with a BSc in petroleum engineering.
JEREMY THIGPEN, Past Chair – Transocean
Mr Thigpen joined Trans-
ocean as the company’s
CEO in April 2015. He had
previously spent 18 years
at National Oilwell Varco
(NOV), where he served as
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. During his tenure at NOV, he spent
five years as President of the Downhole
and Pumping Solutions business and four
years as President of the Downhole Tools
group. He also served in various manage-
ment and business development capaci-
ties. Mr Thigpen earned his Bachelor of
Arts in Economics and Managerial Studies
from Rice University and completed the
Program for Management Development at
Harvard Business School.
44 Mr McReaken was named
as CEO of the Northern
Drilling and Northern
Ocean Groups in Decem-
ber 2018. He has been a
part of the Seadrill group
companies since 2012, where he previ-
ously served as CEO and Director of Sevan
Drilling and Chief Financial Officer of
North Atlantic Drilling.
Mr McReaken has almost 20 years of
experience in the offshore drilling industry,
which includes various leadership roles in
the United States, North Sea, West Africa
and South America. He began his career at
Arthur Andersen and is a Certified Public
Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.
He holds a degree in business administra-
tion from The University of Texas at Austin.
TIM McGARITY, Division VP Drilling
Services – NOV
Mr McGarity serves as
Director, Western Hemi-
sphere Offshore at NOV’s
Rig Technologies. During
his tenure with NOV, he
has worked both land and
offshore in operations and business devel-
opment. Prior to coming to the oilfield, Mr
McGarity worked in international ship-
ping for CP Ships as the manager of the
its government/military team. He holds
a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M
Galveston and is a veteran of the United
States Marine Corps.
MIKE GARVIN, Division VP North America
Onshore – Patterson-UTI
Mr Garvin serves as
President at Patterson-UTI
Drilling Company. He pre-
viously held the position
of Senior Vice President,
Operations. Prior to that,
Mr Garvin worked for Ensco as the Senior
Deepwater Operations Manager, oversee-
ing the construction of a fleet of deepwater
semisubmersible rigs in Singapore and
then starting up and managing operations
in various locations around the world.
Prior to that, Mr Garvin spent 27 years
with GlobalSantaFe and its predecessor
and successor companies, holding various
operations and support leadership posi-
tions. Mr Garvin earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in engineering from California
Polytechnic State University in 1994.
BRIAN WOODWARD, Division VP Offshore
– Noble Corp
Mr Woodward is Vice
President of Corporate
Services at Noble, where
he manages the com-
pany’s human resources,
information technology,
supply chain, and HSE functions. He previ-
ously served as Noble’s Global Operations
Manager and has held various roles in
operations, marketing, investor relations
and HSE.
Mr Woodward graduated with a BBA in
management from the University of Texas
at Austin and received an MBA in oil
and gas management from Robert Gordon
University in Aberdeen.
MIGUEL SANCHEZ, Division VP Interna-
tional Onshore – Nabors Drilling International
Mr Sanchez is Vice
President, International
Operations for Nabors.
He started his career
with BP in Venezuela in
1997 before moving to the
US, where he held several upstream and
downstream roles for BP. He then moved
to the services industry, working for Key
Energy Services, Saxon Energy Services,
Parker Drilling and Weatherford Drilling
International. He holds a Bachelor’s in business
administration; a Finance Graduate pro-
gram from Universidad Metropolitana in
Venezuela; and a Master’s degree from the
Arthur D. Little School of Management.
JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2023 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R