W AND T OFFSHORE INC (WTI)
Sector: Energy
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Energy
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for WTI
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTI | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | 71 | ["Chief Executive Officer since founding in 1983","Chairman of the Board since 2004","Treasurer from 1997 until 2006","President from founding until September 2008 and again from March 2017 to present","Petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation","Senior Engineer with Taylor Energy Company from 1981 to 1983","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation from 1996 to 1997","Financial support through Calculus Lending, LLC","M&A and Strategic Planning","Financial Oversight and Accounting","Industry Experience","Executive Leadership","Environmental and Sustainability","Other Outside Board Experience","Cybersecurity","Diversity","Human Resources"] | ["Board of Directors of the American Petroleum Institute","Harris County Sherriff’s Office Foundation"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Tracy W. Krohn has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded the Company in 1983 and as Chairman of the Board since 2004. Mr. Krohn has also served in various other roles during his time with the Company, including as Treasurer from 1997 until 2006, and as President from its founding until September 2008 and again from March 2017 to present day. Mr. Krohn began his career as a petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation. Prior to founding the Company, from 1981 to 1983, Mr. Krohn was Senior Engineer with Taylor Energy Company. During 1996 to 1997, Mr. Krohn was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation. Since 2013, Mr. Krohn has been a member of the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute. From approximately 2014 to 2022, Mr. Krohn served as Chairman of the Harris County Sherriff s Office Foundation. Mr. Krohn has also provided additional financial support to the Company through his wholly owned affiliate, Calculus Lending, LLC, which provided a $50 million reserve-based lending facility from November 2021 until January 2025. He also currently holds $23.0 million of the Company s Senior Secured Second Lien Notes and has previously committed up to $14.5 million of risk capital to the Company s $361 million joint venture drilling fund in Monza. Mr. Krohn received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University. As founder of the Company, Mr. Krohn is one of the driving forces behind the Company and its success to date. Over the course of the Company s history, Mr. Krohn has successfully grown the Company through his exceptional leadership skills and acute business judgment. We believe Mr. Krohn is well-qualified to serve as a director because of his significant experience as our founder and as a significant shareholder, as well as his substantial and broad executive and technical experience in the energy sector.