Frank's names new CEO

Douglas Stephens will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Frank’s International effective 15 November 2016. 

Image of Douglas Stephens, from Frank's International.

Stephens was most recently with Baker Hughes, where he was president of the global pressure pumping division and responsible for its worldwide tubular running and pressure pumping business.  Prior to Baker Hughes, Stephens held various positions of increasing responsibility for over 20 years with Schlumberger, including assignments in the US, Oman, Italy, Egypt and the UK.

Stephens has over 25 years of international and domestic oil field service experience in a wide variety of environments. He started his career as a field engineer in Italy with Schlumberger and spent the first several years working in operational and front line management roles in continental Europe, the North Sea, North Africa and the Middle East.  Stephens led the Europe, Africa and CIS region before moving back to North America where he assumed a wide variety of responsibilities.

Over the span of his career he has been involved in almost all aspects of the oil field service industry, including sales and marketing, product development, human resource management and executive leadership positions.   Stephens has been a leader in a wide variety of services and technologies including managing a global TRS business, and has lived in 10 different countries.

 Stephens earned a degree in applied science in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver BC and is a member of the SPE, AADE and SEG.  

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