Cris Gaut

C. Christopher (Cris) Gaut currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Forum Energy Technologies, having previously served as founding Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from August 2010. He served as an Operating Partner at SCF Partners, a leading energy focused private equity firm from November 2009 to August 2010, and from May 2017 to November 2018. Mr. Gaut served at Halliburton Company, a leading diversified oilfield services company, as President of the Drilling and Evaluation Division and prior to that as Chief Financial Officer, from March 2003 through April 2009.

Prior to joining Halliburton Company, Mr. Gaut was Chief Financial Officer and Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of Ensco International (now Valaris plc), a provider of offshore contract drilling services. He has also served on a number of corporate boards including EOG Resources (currently Audit Committee chairman), TD Williamson (chairman), and previously on Key Energy Services (lead independent director), KBR (chairman), Ensco, and Reservoir Group (Chairman).