Board of Directors

Elizabeth D. Leykum, our Chair of the Board, has served as founder of Serenade Capital LLC, an investment firm, since May 2016. From October 2013 to April 2016, she served as a founding principal of HEG Capital LLC, a Connecticut-registered investment advisory firm. Prior to joining HEG Capital, Ms. Leykum was, from June 2012 to September 2013, a Vice President at Rand Group, an investment management services firm. Until June 2012, she was a Vice President of ESL Investments, Inc., which she joined in July 2004. From 2000 to 2002, Ms. Leykum worked in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She has served on the board of Lands’ End, Inc. (NASDAQ: LE) since April 2014, where she was previously Chairman of the Board, and she served as a director of IES Holdings (NASDAQ: IESC) from April 2021 to September 2024. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Harvard College and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Anton Dibowitz became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Valaris in December 2021, following his service as the Company’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2021. Previously, he served as an advisor of Seadrill Ltd., a global offshore drilling contractor, from November 2020 until March 2021. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Seadrill Ltd. from July 2017 until October 2020. Prior to this, Mr. Dibowitz served as Executive Vice President of Seadrill Management from June 2016, and as Chief Commercial Officer from January 2013. He has over 20 years of drilling industry experience. Prior to joining Seadrill, Mr. Dibowitz held various positions within tax, process reengineering and marketing at Transocean Ltd. and Ernst & Young LLP. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and Master's degrees in Professional Accounting (MPA) and Business Administration (MBA).

Dick Fagerstal currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW), in addition to serving as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee and its compensation and human capital committee. He has served on its board of directors since 2017. Mr. Fagerstal served as Executive Chairman of the Global Marine Group, based in Chelmsford, United Kingdom, a subsea cable installation and maintenance business operating globally in the telecoms, offshore renewables, and oil and gas sectors, from February 2020 to March 2023. Mr. Fagerstal continued to serve as a director of Global Marine Group until the sale of the business in March 2025. From 2014 to 2020 Mr. Fagerstal served as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Global Marine Holdings LLC, which was the prior owner of the business. He served as an Independent Director of Frontier Oil Corporation, Manila, Philippines from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Fagerstal previously held the positions of Senior Vice President, Finance & Corporate Development from 2003 to 2014 and Vice President Finance & Treasurer from 1997 to 2003 at SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH). Mr. Fagerstal held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) from 2011 to 2012 and was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Chiles Offshore Inc. (AMEX: COD) from 1997 to 2002. From 1986 to 1997, Mr. Fagerstal served as a senior banker at DNB ASA in New York with a focus on the maritime and energy services industries, and before he started his business career, Mr. Fagerstal served as an officer in the Special Air Service unit of the Swedish Special Forces from 1979 to 1983 followed by service in the reserves until 1995. Mr. Fagerstal received a B.S. in Economics and Law from the University of Gothenburg and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, as a Fulbright Scholar. With respect to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence qualifications, Mr. Fagerstal obtained a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Cybersecurity Certification in 2021 and completed the Harvard University course "Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology" in 2020 and completed Stanford University and Harvard University coursework on artificial intelligence governance in 2025. Mr. Fagerstal also obtained an NACD Directorship Certification in 2023.

Joseph Goldschmid serves as a Partner & Portfolio Manager with a primary focus on stressed, distressed and special situations investments at Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. ("OHA"), a leading global credit-focused alternative asset manager with approximately $110 billion in assets under management. At OHA, Mr. Goldschmid covers a variety of industries including energy and renewables in addition to serving on the firm's ESG Committee. Prior to joining OHA in 2019, he was a Director in the Distressed & Special Situations Group at Angelo Gordon, a global alternative investment manager, from January 2016 to August 2019. During his career, Mr. Goldschmid has led numerous high-profile restructuring cases and served on many official and ad hoc creditor committees. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Restructuring and Special Situations Group at The Blackstone Group and PJT Partners. He began his career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Goldschmid currently serves on the Board of Directors of National Resilience and previously served on the Board of Directors for Expro Group (NYSE: XPRO). Mr. Goldschmid holds a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar.

Catherine J. Hughes has served as a non-executive director of Shell plc since 2017, including as Chair of its sustainability committee. Ms. Hughes was previously Executive Vice President International at Nexen Inc. from January 2012 until her retirement in April 2013, where she was responsible for all oil and gas activities including exploration, production, development and project activities outside Canada. Ms. Hughes joined Nexen in 2009 as Vice President Operational Services, Technology and Human Resources. Prior to joining Nexen, she was Vice President Oil Sands at Husky Oil from 2007 to 2009 and Vice President Exploration & Production Services, from 2005 to 2007. Ms. Hughes started her career with Schlumberger in 1986 and held key positions in various countries, including France, Italy, Nigeria, the UK and the USA, and was President of Schlumberger Canada Ltd for five years. Ms. Hughes has previously held non-executive director positions at SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, Statoil ASA and Precision Drilling Inc. Ms. Hughes received a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France.

Kristian Johansen has served as the Chief Executive Officer of TGS ASA, a leading global energy data and intelligence company, since March 2016 and joined TGS in 2010 as the Chief Financial Officer before becoming the Chief Operating Officer in early 2015. Kristian has almost 20 years of executive experience for public companies in the construction, technology and energy industries. Mr. Johansen currently serves on the board of directors of International Seaways (NYSE: INSW) and has served as a board member and chair of several energy industry associations. Mr. Johansen earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of New Mexico.