Halliburton CEO Miller: New board appointees Weiss and Smith 'have direct experience running large businesses in complex industries'

Houston-based oil field service company Halliburton has made two appointments to its board of directors, according to a press release. 

Per Halliburton, Janet Weiss and Maurice Smith joined the board on Feb. 21 and each faces election at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in May.

Chief executive officer (CEO) Jeff Miller said in the release he’s “delighted” for the appointments of Weiss and Smith. 

“Janet and Maurice bring strong leadership to our board and have direct experience running large businesses in complex industries,” Miller said. “Janet has worked in the oil and gas business her entire career and knows the daily operational, safety and environmental requirements of the energy business. Maurice sits as an active chief executive officer and brings deep expertise developing and executing long-term corporate strategy and driving financial operations and activities.”

The release said Weiss retired from a 35-year oil and gas career in 2020, with her last role being a leadership position with BP. She has served as a vice president and director within BP’s corporate umbrella and currently sits on boards for Tourmaline Oil, the First National Bank of Alaska and Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington.

According to the release, Smith leads Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), assuming the helm of the Chicago-based managed care company in 2020. He has worked for HCSC for more than 30 years, having served as president of one of its subsidiaries, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. 

Smith chairs the board of Prime Therapeutics and serves on boards of several Chicago entities, including but not limited to Ventas Corporation, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago. 

Halliburton said the additions of Weiss and Smith bring the number of board members to 13, a dozen of which are independent.