Mr. Transier has served as Chairman of the Board of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. since September 2026 and currently serves on the Audit Committee. He served as a director of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (“Helix”) from October 2000 until its merger with Hornbeck and served as Helix’s Lead Independent Director from March 2016 through July 2017, when he was appointed Chairperson of the Helix Board Mr. Transier is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transier Advisors, LLC, an independent advisory firm providing services to companies facing financial distress, suboptimal operational situations, turnaround, restructuring or in need of interim executive or board leadership. Since August 2025, Mr. Transier has served as a director of GoHealth, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed publicly traded health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company.
From April 2024 to December 2025, Mr. Transier served as a director on the board of Express, Inc. In February 2004, Mr. Transier co-founded Endeavour International Corporation (“Endeavour”), an international oil and gas exploration and production company, where he served as non-executive Chairman of Endeavour’s board of directors from December 2014 until November 2015. From September 2006 until December 2014, Mr. Transier served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Endeavour, and he served as Endeavour’s Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer from its formation in February 2004 through September 2006.
Prior to co-founding Endeavour in February 2004, Mr. Transier served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Energy, Inc. (“Ocean”) and its predecessor, Seagull Energy Corporation from May 1996 to April 2003. Before his tenure with Ocean, Mr. Transier served in various roles including as a partner in the audit department KPMG and head of KPMG’s Global Energy practice from June 1986 to April 1996. Mr. Transier served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Battalion Oil Corporation (formerly known as Halcón Resources Corporation) and as Chairman of its audit committee from October 2019 until May 2021. In October 2023, Mr. Transier was elected to the board of Tupperware Corporation. Previously, Mr. Transier has also served as a member of the boards of directors of M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp (2022-2023), Exela Technologies (2022-2023), Sears Holding Corporation (2018-2020), Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (2019-2020), Gastar Exploration, Inc. (2018-2019), CHC Group Ltd. (2016-2017) and Paragon Offshore plc (2014-2017). Mr. Transier has been recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as an Outstanding Director for excellence in corporate governance. Mr. Transier graduated from the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in accounting, has an M.B.A. from Regis University and earned an M.A. in Theological Studies from Dallas Baptist University. Mr. Transier was selected to serve as a director because of his extensive professional experience and extensive knowledge of international operations, the energy industry, leadership of complex organizations, financial restructuring, merger and acquisitions, and other aspects of operating a major corporation.
Mr. Hornbeck serves as our President, Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the Board of Directors. Having founded Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. in June 1997, Mr. Hornbeck has since played a pivotal role in the development of Hornbeck from a small, private company into a large, global provider of technologically advanced offshore supply and multipurpose service vessels.
Mr. Hornbeck previously served as the Chairperson of the Hornbeck Board and Hornbeck’s President and Chief Executive Officer and served as Hornbeck’s President and as a member of the Hornbeck Board since its founding in 1997. Mr. Hornbeck also served as Hornbeck’s Chief Operating Officer from June 1997 until February 2002, at which point he was appointed as Hornbeck’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hornbeck was appointed as the Chairperson of the Hornbeck Board in May 2005.
Prior to founding Hornbeck in 1997, Mr. Hornbeck was employed from 1991 to 1996 by the original Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (“original Hornbeck”), a NASDAQ-listed publicly traded offshore service vessel company founded by his father, Mr. Larry Hornbeck, with over 105 offshore supply vessels operating worldwide, serving in various positions relating to business strategy and development. Following original Hornbeck’s merger with Tidewater Inc. (“Tidewater”) in March 1996, Mr. Hornbeck accepted a position as Marketing Director-Gulf of America with Tidewater, where his responsibilities included managing relationships and overall business development in the U.S. Gulf region. He remained with Tidewater until Hornbeck’s formation in 1997. Mr. Hornbeck has served on the board of directors of the International Support Owners Association, the Offshore Marine Service Association and the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Hornbeck’s extensive experience in the offshore service vessel industry, coupled with his over 25 years of service leading Hornbeck since its founding, positions Mr. Hornbeck well to serve as the combined company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as to serve as a member of the combined company board.
Mr. Rosen has served as a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. since December 2022 and currently serves on the Strategic Opportunities Committee. Mr. Rosen served as Chairman of the Strategic Alternatives Committee from July of 2023 until September of 2026. Mr. Rosen is a Partner, Co-Head of Opportunistic Credit and Co-Portfolio Manager of Special Opportunities in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on investing across various Ares fund platforms in the public and private markets. Mr. Rosen serves as a member of the Ares Credit Group's Opportunistic Credit Investment Committee and the Ares Private Equity Group's Corporate Opportunities Investment Committee.
Prior to joining Ares in December 2018, Mr. Rosen was a Partner and Director of Research at Archview Investment Group, where he focused on credit and equity investments in the U.S. and internationally. Prior to Archview, Mr. Rosen was a Vice President at Citigroup, where he was a founding member of the Citibank Global Special Situations Group focused on U.S. credit and value equity investment strategies. In addition, Mr. Rosen was a member of Citigroup's Asset-Based Finance group, where he focused on structuring senior secured debt financings for non- investment grade corporate borrowers. He currently serves as chairman of the board of Savers Value Village, Inc. and serves on the boards for the parent entities of Form Technologies, Virgin Voyages, Consolidated Precision Products, Hornbeck Offshore Services, and WHP Global.
Mr. Rosen holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from New York University's Stern School of Business in Finance and Information Systems, where he received the Valedictorian Award.
Mr. Jindal has served as a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. since September 2020. He was appointed Chairman of the Compensation Committee in February 2025 and has served as a member of the Nominating Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee since September 2026.
Mr. Jindal previously served on the Audit Committee from 2020 to 2026. Since 2017, Mr. Jindal has served as an operating advisor to Ares. Mr. Jindal served as the governor of the State of Louisiana from January 2008 to January 2016. Prior to his terms as Louisiana’s governor, Mr. Jindal served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the State of Louisiana from 2005 to 2008, as assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation from 2001 to 2003, as President of the University of Louisiana system from 1999 to 2001, and as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals from 1996 to 1997. Mr. Jindal currently serves as a director for U.S. Heart and Vascular. He has previously served as a director of Cotton Holdings, LifeMD and WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Mr. Jindal obtained a B.S. from Brown University and a Masters of Letters in Politics from Oxford University at New College. Mr. Jindal was selected to serve as a director because his broad financial and diplomatic experience makes him an invaluable asset as the combined company delves into further diversification efforts and seeks to achieve its future strategic objectives.
Dr. Meyers previously served as a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. from June 2011 to August 2021. He returned to the Hornbeck Board as a director in September 2026 and has served on the Audit Committee and the Nominating Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee since September 2026. Dr. Meyers currently serves on the board of directors of Precision Drilling Corporation, an NYSE-listed publicly traded drilling company serving the energy industry, since September 2011. Dr. Meyers also served on the board of directors of Hess Corporation (formerly NYSE: HES), an exploration and production company, from 2013 to 2025, and as the Chairman of the board of directors of Denbury Inc. (formerly NYSE: DEN), a carbon capture, utilization and storage and enhanced oil recovery company, from 2020 to 2023. Dr. Meyers was Special Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer of BG Group plc (formerly LSE: BG), a U.K.-based energy company, from 2012 to 2014.
Dr. Meyers previously served in various senior executive roles at ConocoPhillips, an NYSE-listed publicly traded leading oil and gas company, including as Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, Americas, from 2009 to 2010; as President of ConocoPhillips Canada from 2006 to 2009; as President of ConocoPhillips Russia and Caspian Region from 2004 to 2006; and as President of ConocoPhillips Alaska from 2002 to 2004. Dr. Meyers began his career at Atlantic Richfield Company, an independent oil and gas company, where he spent approximately 20 years in engineering, technical, and executive leadership positions, including serving as President of ARCO Alaska.
Dr. Meyers holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and mathematics from Capital University in Ohio. Dr. Meyers was selected to serve as a director because of his extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, with over 40 years of service to leading exploration and production (“E&P”) companies both domestically and internationally, and the knowledge and insights Dr. Meyers will be able to offer to the combined company board based on his decades of managing E&P operations in geographies relevant to the combined company’s portfolio.
Mr. Lovoi has served as a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. since September 2026 and currently serves on the Compensation Committee and as Chairman of the Nominating Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee. Mr. Lovoi served on the Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. Board from February 2003 until its merger with Hornbeck. Mr. Lovoi is a founder and Managing Partner of JVL Partners, a private oil and gas investment partnership.
Mr. Lovoi previously served as head of Morgan Stanley’s global oil and gas investment banking practice from 2000 to 2002 and was a leading oilfield services and equipment research analyst for Morgan Stanley from 1995 to 2000. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1995, he spent two years as a senior financial executive at Baker Hughes and four years as an energy investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Lovoi also serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Innovex International, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed publicly traded offshore drilling and production equipment company providing its products to the global oil and gas business, and as Chairman of the board of directors of Epsilon Energy Ltd., a Nasdaq-listed publicly traded exploration and production company focused in the Marcellus shale play in the northeast United States. From September 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Lovoi served as a director of Roan Resources, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the Anadarko Basin.
Mr. Lovoi graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas. Mr. Lovoi was selected to serve as a director because of his strong financial knowledge and experience in financial matters, including capital market transactions and strategic financial planning (including risk assessment) and analysis.
Mr. Fink has served as a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. since September 2026 and currently serves on the Compensation Committee and as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Fink has been a director of Innovex International, Inc. since July 2024 where he serves as chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Fink was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from November 2018 until its acquisition by Occidental Petroleum Corporation in August 2019. He served as Chairman of NYSE-listed Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners L.P. from 2018 to 2019, as the President & CEO of both entities from 2017 to 2018, and as their Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2017. Mr. Fink served as an independent director and Audit Committee Chairman of Zimmer Energy Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed blank check company formed to seek investment opportunities in the energy transition space, from June 2021 to June 2023. Mr. Fink also currently serves on the board of directors of the parent companies of Salt Creek Midstream, LLC, a leading gatherer and processor of natural gas and crude oil in the Permian Basin.
Mr. Fink received a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute. Mr. Fink was selected to serve as a director due to his financial expertise and executive experience with public companies in the energy sector.