McDermott International has appointed Samik Mukherjee to serve as the company’s new executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately.
“Samik possesses tremendous experience and knowledge of our industry and has a strong track record of driving operational excellence on a global scale,” said David Dickson, president and CEO of McDermott. “I am confident that he will effectively leverage our integrated, end-to-end solutions to help McDermott grow and win new business, execute our projects on time and on budget, and develop strategic, long-term relationships with our customers.”
As the COO, Samik will be responsible for globally leading McDermott’s operations covering the four geographic areas.
Prior to his appointment as McDermott’s COO, Samik was the executive vice president of Corporate Development, Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Digital and IT for TechnipFMC. He joined Technip in 1998 in The Netherlands, and during his career with the company, he led the business unit for Africa, served as managing director in India before moving to France to serve as the global head for subsea business and strategy, and later as the senior vice president of the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa region for onshore-offshore.
Samik holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University in The Netherlands, a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and has completed the Harvard Business School Executive Program on Aligning and Executing Strategy.