Executive Officers
Quinn J. Hébert
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hébert has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer
since November 2005 and has been a member of our Board of Directors since May
2006. He was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors in February 2010.
From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Hébert worked for Acergy US Inc. (formerly Stolt
Offshore), an international marine construction company, for the North Americas
Region, serving as President from 1999 to 2005, and as Vice President Commercial
and U.S. General Counsel from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Hébert terminated his working
relationship with Acergy on October 31, 2005. Prior to his employment with
Acergy, Mr. Hébert served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of
American Oilfield Divers, Inc. (also known as Ceanic Corporation), a marine
construction company. Mr. Hébert’s professional career began with his service
as an associate at the Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre,
LLP law firm in
John R. Abadie, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
Mr. Abadie has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer since September 2011. Mr. Abadie joined Cal Dive as Vice
President – Project Management and Construction with Cal Dive's acquisition of
Horizon in December 2007 and was promoted to Senior Vice President - Operations
in August 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Abadie served in various management positions
for Horizon since 1997, including as the Vice President, North
Brent D. Smith
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. Smith has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since August 2010. Mr. Smith has been with the Company since February 2007, previously serving as our Vice President - Finance and before that as our Director of Finance and Investor Relations. From January 2005 to February 2007 he served as an Assistant Controller for Helix, specializing in the areas of operational finance and accounting. Mr. Smith has a Master of Science and Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas A&M University. He began his career in public accounting in 1998 and is a certified public accountant licensed in the State of Texas.
Lisa Manget Buchanan
Executive Vice President
Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Secretary
Ms. Buchanan has served as our Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary since June 2006, and as our Chief Administrative Officer
since October 2012. Prior to that, Ms. Buchanan was a partner of the Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, LLP law firm from January 1994
until June 2006. She served the firm as an associate from September 1987 until
January 1994. Ms. Buchanan holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the