Offshore staff
HOUSTON — The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) board of directors has hired Simon Seaton for the position of CEO, effective July 20.
In the CEO role, Seaton will work with the board of directors on the short- and long-term development and growth of SPE as a global association dedicated to serving professional and student members in the oil and gas and related industries. He will manage a staff of more than 250 full-time employees in Houston, Dallas, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, London and Calgary.
After the announcement in September 2022 of current CEO Mark Rubin’s planned retirement, which is effective at the end of June, the board of directors formed a CEO Search Committee and engaged the services of Korn Ferry to coordinate the search for the new senior executive of SPE’s staff.
A chemist by education, Seaton's career began as a drilling fluids engineer. He spent 22 years at Halliburton in various technical, business development, and executive roles in Aberdeen, Houston, and Nigeria. Positions at Halliburton included country vice president, managing director of the UK, and senior director of deepwater solutions. Seaton has been an SPE member for more than 25 years and has authored or coauthored more than 20 technical papers. Originally from the UK, he currently resides in Houston.
04.24.2023
