Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> November 26, 2003

Joseph Netherland – Fmc Technologies Inc (fti)

JOSEPH H. NETHERLAND is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Technologies, Inc. He was elected President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of FMC Technologies in February 2001 and Chairman of the Board in December 2001. Mr. Netherland served as President of FMC Corporation from 1999 until August 2001 and Executive Vice President of FMC from 1998 to 1999. He also served as the General Manager of FMC's Energy and Transportation Group from 1992 to 2001. Mr. Netherland joined FMC in 1973 as a Business Planner for its Machinery Group and held several management positions. He became General Manager of FMC's former Petroleum Equipment Group in Houston in 1985. He was elected a Vice President of FMC in 1987 and became General Manager of the former Specialized Machinery Group in April 1989. Mr. Netherland is a former Chairman and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association and the American Petroleum Institute. He also is a member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a very brief history and overview of FMC

Technologies?

Mr. Netherland: FMC Technologies was established in 2000 and became a

stand-alone company at the beginning of