IADC Officers and Committees
2012 Officers
Daniel W. Rabun, Chairman (Ensco plc, London, England)
Mr. Rabun joined Ensco in March 2006 as President and Director. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2007. Before joining Ensco, Mr. Rabun was a partner at the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie LLP where he practiced law for twenty years. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University.
David W. Williams, Vice Chairman (Noble Services (Switzerland) LLC, Geneve, Switzerland)
Mr. Williams was named Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 2, 2008. Mr. Williams served as Senior Vice President – Business Development of Noble Drilling Services Inc. from September 2006 to January 2007, as Senior Vice President – Operations of Noble Drilling Services Inc. from January to April 2007, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Noble from April 2007 to January 2, 2008. Prior to September 2006, Mr. Williams served for more than five years as Executive Vice President of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor.
Scott Daniels – Secretary-Treasurer (Atwood Oceanics, Houston, TX)
Mr. Daniels has over 15 years of experience in the financial, consulting and oil and gas industries. He currently serves as the Director of Financial Reporting at Atwood Oceanics and has held this position since December 2010. He joined Atwood Oceanics in 2007 and worked in successive roles as the head of the Internal Audit Department, Senior Manager – Financial Services and Assistant Controller. Prior to joining Atwood Oceanics, he spent more than 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP working primarily in the oil and gas and energy industries. He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas State University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1997.
Stephen A. Colville, President & CEO (IADC, London, England)
Stephen Colville, President & CEO of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate public affairs and government relations, with extensive on-the-ground experience in North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Eurasia and Asia Pacific. He became IADC chief executive in 2012.
Mr Colville previously served as Vice President-Communications for Royal Dutch Shell – Projects & Technology Business, a position he held since August 2009. He moved to that position after serving as Vice President-Communications – Global Gas Business for Royal Dutch Shell, and had joined the company in December 2006 in that position.
Prior to Shell, Mr Colville served in various management-level policy, government and public affairs positions for Chevron, which he joined in 1997.
His earlier background includes seven years as an industry advocate, working in London and Brussels since 1990 to implement public and government-affairs campaigns. Mr Colville began his career in the UK Department of Trade and Industry in 1979, working in key policy divisions on trade regulations, competition regulation and project management.
He is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, and enjoys coaching rugby, sailing and skiing.
- Brian T. Petty, Executive Vice President – Government Affairs, IADC, Washington
- Thomas T. Terrell, Senior Vice President – Business Development/Chief of Staff, IADC
- Ronnie Witherspoon, Vice President, Land Division, Superior Well Services Inc., a Nabors Company
- Thomas P. Burke, Vice President, Offshore Division, Rowan Companies
- David Reid, Vice President, Drilling & Well Services Division, National Oilwell Varco
IADC Standing Committees
Executive Committee
Matt Ralls, Rowan Companies, Chairman
Terms Expiring 31 December 2012
Kevin Neveu, Precision Drilling Corporation, Calgary, Canada; John Rynd, Hercules Offshore, Inc., Houston, Texas; Ed Jacob, Keen Energy Services, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Morrison R. “Moe” Plaisance, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Houston, Texas
Terms Expiring 31 December 2013
John W. Lindsay, Helmerich & Payne Inc.; Doug Wall, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., Houston, Texas; Claus Hemmingsen, Maersk Drilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Terms Expiring 31 December 2014
Naresh Kumar, Deepwater Drilling & Industries Ltd., New Dehli, India; Alan Quintero, Transocean, Vernier, Switzerland; James “Jay” Minmier, Nomac Drilling LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Joep Beyer, KCA DEUTAG Drilling, Bad Bentheim, Germany