CLB 2019 Proxy Statement

34 INFORMATION ABOUT OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Named Executive Officers As of December 31, 2018, our NEOs consisted of Messrs. Demshur, Bruno, Hill, Bergmark and Davis. Biographical information regarding Messrs. Demshur and Bruno can be found in "Information About Our Supervisory Directors and Director Compensation - Board of Supervisory Directors." The following biography describes the business experience of Messrs. Hill, Bergmark and Davis. Our NEOs are not Managing Directors of our Company for purposes of Dutch law. Mr. Hill, who is 49 years of age, has been with the Company for twelve years, most recently as Chief Financial Officer, as of May 24, 2018, after serving as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer since May 2015. Since joining the Company in October 2006, Mr. Hill had been leading the Company's Investor Relations effort, was Corporate Group Controller based in Amsterdam, and had been Controller of Financial Reporting. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at Halliburton from August 2000 to October 2006 as Controller - Energy & Chemicals of the KBR Division and Corporate Director of Training and Accounting Research. Mr. Hill worked at Ernst & Young from January 1993 until August 2000, where he held the position of Manager his last three years there. Mr. Hill is a CPA and received his Executive MBA degree from Rice University in 2018. Mr. Bergmark, who is 65 years of age, served as a Supervisory Director since our Initial Public Offering in 1995 until his retirement from the Board, effective at the 2018 annual shareholders meeting. From 1987 to 1994, our Company was operated as a division of Western Atlas. In 1991, Mr. Bergmark became the Area Manager for Finance and Administration for Europe, Africa and the Middle East operations of Western Geophysical, a division of Western Atlas. From our separation with Western Atlas in 1994 until 1999, he served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and in 1999 he was appointed Executive Vice President. He has substantial knowledge of the industry based upon his over 25 years with the Company and its predecessors and has extensive knowledge about the history of the Company, both of which were important for planning and management purposes. Furthermore, his understanding of the financial matters relating to the Company and our industry were of crucial importance to the Company. Mr. Bergmark, alongwith our Chief Executive Officer, developed important contacts with others in the industry and has an excellent relationship with our shareholders. Mr. Bergmark retired from the Company effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Davis, who is 64 years of age, joinedWesternAtlas International in 1977, holding various management positions including AtlasWireline Division Financial Controller for Europe, Africa and theMiddle East from1983 to 1987, Core Laboratories Division Vice President of Finance from 1987 to 1991, and Atlas Wireline Division Vice President of Finance and Administration from 1991 to 1993. In 1993, Mr. Davis left Western Atlas International and joined Bovar Inc. of Calgary, Canada, an environmental waste disposal company, as Chief Financial Officer. From 1994 to 1995 he served as Chief Operating Officer and from 1995 to 1998 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bovar Inc. Mr. Davis rejoined our Company as Senior Vice President in 1998, and in 1999 was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, the position he held until December 31, 2018. Mr. Davis retired from the Company effective December 31, 2018. In January 2018, we announced that Mr. Bergmark had elected to retire from his role as Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the SupervisoryBoard following the conclusion of our 2018 annual shareholdersmeeting and to retire from the Company effectiveDecember 31, 2018.Mr. Bergmarkwas replaced as theChief Financial Officer, effective as of the 2018 annual shareholders meeting, by Mr. Christopher Hill, who has served as our Chief Accounting Officer. Effective February 1, 2018, we separated the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Lawrence Bruno was appointed to the role of President. In October 2018, we announced that Mr. Davis had elected to retire from the Company effective December 31, 2018, and that Mr. Bruno would assume the role of Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2019, in addition to his duties as President. The identification of our NEOs is made as of December 31, 2018, therefore the information within the CD&A and the tables below will focus on the five individuals who were NEOs as of that date.