Executive Committee
William (Bill) L. Transier
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Endeavour International Corporation
William L. Transier is co-founder, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Endeavour International Corporation, an independent North-Sea focused oil and gas exploration and production company. He was named to his current position in September 2006 after serving two years as co-chief executive officer. He was co-founder of North Sea New Ventures, a privately-held oil and gas exploration company that was the predecessor to Endeavour International Corporation. Previously, Transier served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Ocean Energy, Inc., a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company with extensive deepwater Gulf of Mexico holdings and operations in eight different countries. Transier was part of the executive management team that spearheaded the 2003 merger between Ocean and Devon Energy Corporation that created the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States.
Prior to that position, Transier was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Seagull Energy Corporation for three years before its 1999 merger with Ocean. He began his career in public accounting with KPMG LLP, an international audit and business strategy consulting firm, where he rose to the title of partner and headed its energy practice.
He graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration and honors in accounting. He received his Masters in Business Administration from Regis University.
Transier is a director of Reliant Resources and Helix Energy Solutions, Inc. He is a former chairman of the Natural Gas Supply Association, director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and was appointed as chairman of the Texas Online Authority and Department of Information Resources by Texas Governor Rick Perry. His memberships include the American Petroleum Institute, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of CPAs.
Bruce H. Stover
Executive Vice President, Operations and Business Development
Endeavour International Corporation
Bruce H. Stover is executive vice president, operations & business development and a member of the founding management team of Endeavour International Corporation, an independent North Sea - focused oil and gas exploration and production company.
With more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Stover has an extensive background in international business development, previously serving as senior vice president, worldwide business development for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. In that role, he was responsible for evaluating and securing both domestic and international business opportunities, including the oversight of mergers and acquisitions. He also served as president and general manager of the company's Algerian subsidiary and was one of principal players in the 2000 merger of Anadarko with Union Pacific Resources and the 2001 acquisition of Berkley Petroleum Corporation in Canada.
Stover began his career with Amoco Production Company, where he trained as an engineer and moved through various positions of engineering management. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.
He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Stover is also active in a number of organizations at the University of Oklahoma including the Board of Visitors-College of Engineering, the Dean's Advisory Board-School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering and the President's Associates Council.
J. Michael Kirksey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Endeavour International Corporation
Mike Kirksey is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Endeavour International Corporation, an independent North Sea - focused oil and gas exploration and production company.
Kirksey has an extensive background in both operational and financial management in the energy industry and related manufacturing and distribution organizations. His primary focus has been corporate development and capital formation with growth oriented international companies. He has served in various executive roles for Metals USA, and most recently was chief financial officer for Input Output, Inc. and Sirva, Inc. Kirksey served in several positions of increasing responsibility at Keystone International, including leadership of all financial and development activities for Western and Eastern Europe. He began his financial career with Arthur Andersen Incorporated.
He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of Financial Executives International and has been active in a number of industry and trade groups. Kirksey earned his Bachelor of Science with honors in accounting from Harding University.
John G. Williams
Executive Vice President, Exploration
Endeavour International Corporation
John G. Williams is executive vice president, exploration, for Endeavour International Corporation, an independent North Sea - focused oil and gas exploration and production company.
With more than 30 years of global energy experience, Williams has spent much of his career focused on exploration activities in the North Sea and other European basins. He has been associated with significant discoveries worldwide and managed successful exploration programs in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Venezuela, Indonesia and the United States. He spent 17 years in various key exploration and managerial roles with Conoco and ConocoPhillips. Most recently, he was executive vice president of exploration and production for Index Oil and Gas. He began his career as a geophysicist for Exxon.
Williams is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He is certified by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in geology from the University of Arkansas where his currently chairman of the Geoscience Advisory Board.
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