Mr Terry’s appointment followed James Mermis’s resignation as president, CEO and a director of the company. Mr Mermis is expected to join Kaplan Industry as its president of technical operations.
Mr Terry has over 45 years of experience in the subsea construction and commercial diving industry. Mr Terry has been an independent director of Superior Offshore since April 2007. During 2003, Mr Terry was a consultant for Horizon Offshore, a provider of marine construction services. From 1998 to 2000, Mr Terry was CEO and chairman of Terry Offshore, an offshore energy services company.
James Persky, independent chairman of Superior Offshore, said: Don Terry is the natural choice to lead Superior Offshore during this interim period. Don comes to Superior Offshore with a wealth of operational and leadership expertise earned during his 45 years in the subsea construction and commercial diving industry.