Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 3, 1999
MATTHEW W. HARDEY joined Newpark Resources, Inc. as its Treasurer in
1988, following 15 years in commercial banking. He assumed the role of
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 1991. He is a
Louisiana native and a 1973 graduate of Louisiana State University,
where he studied Economics and Finance and received a B.S. degree. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview and a little bit of the historyof Newpark Resources to kind of set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Hardey: Newpark is an old company, founded 1932 as a