Mr. James C. Day is the retired Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Noble Corporation, founded in Okalahoma in 1921, and is one of the world’s largest offshore drilling companies. Mr. Day joins Tidewater with thirty years of oil and gas experience.

After graduating from Phillips University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Mr. Day began his career with Noble being promoted to Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Noble Drilling in 1983. In 1984, became president and CEO; Chairman in 1992. For the duration of Day’s twenty-three year tenure, the Company evolved from a predominantly domestic land drilling contractor to an international offshore drilling leader operating in fourteen countries. Noble’s market capitalization grew approximately 15,000% over this time frame and the Company became a member of the S & P 500.

Mr. Day serves on the Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc. and as Trustee of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. He has served on the board of the Offshore Energy Center, and the American Petroleum Institute (API), where he previously served on the Policy Committee and as Chairman of the General Membership Committee. Preceding his retirement, Mr. Day was a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (SPE), and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) serving as one of their Members of Council. He has also served as past Chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association (NOIA) and International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC). Furthermore, Mr. Day is a past President of the Petroleum Club of Houston, past Trustee of Spindletop International and past Board Member of the National Safety Council, Global Industries, LTD, Noble Energy, Sarkeys Energy Center at the University of Oklahoma, the Houston YMCA as well as Boys & Girls Country and The Sam Houston Area Boy Scouts of America. On April 26, 2007, Mr. Day was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Oklahoma.