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Bristow Group Inc.

(BRS) is in the Transportation Industry

Market Cap:$1.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

We are a leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry and one of two helicopter service providers to the offshore energy industry with global operations. We have significant operations in most major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including the North Sea, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Australia and Latin America, and we generated 80% of our revenue from international operations during the Current Quarter. We have a long history in the helicopter services industry, with our two principal legacy companies, Bristow Helicopters Ltd. and Offshore Logistics, Inc., having been founded in 1955 and 1969, respectively. We conduct our business in one segment: Helicopter Services. The Helicopter Services segment's operations are conducted through three divisions, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Global Training, and through ten business units within those divisions:

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
William E. Chiles
Number of Employees 3,569
Contact Information

2000 W Sam Houston Pkwy S Ste 1700

Houston, Texas 77042

bristowgroup.co...

(713) 267-7600

NAICS Code Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation: 481212

Recent Events

  • Bristow Group Board Elects Three New Directors

    11/16/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

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    11/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

    10/20/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Preferred Dividend and Mandatory Conversion of Preferred Stock

    8/24/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story

  • Bristow Group's Posts Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Results

    8/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference...

    7/16/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bristow buys stake in Brazilian helicopter company

    5/27/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-Bristow buys stake in Brazil's Lider

    5/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
William E. Chiles President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Brian J. Allman Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
Elizabeth D. Brumley Chief Financial Officer
Hans J. Albert Executive Vice President, Corp Development
Gene Graves Senior Vice President, Marketing
Mark B. Duncan Senior Vice President, Global Business Dev
Michael R. Suldo Senior Vice President, Western Hemisphere
Patrick Corr Senior Vice President, Global Safety, Trng & Standards
Richard D. Burman Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere
E. Underwood General Counsel, Vice President & Manager
Francis Corr Patrick Vice President
Gavin Sinclair Vice President, Compliance
Hilary Ware Vice President, Global HR
Joseph Baj Treasurer & Vice President
Mark H. Frank Vice President, Planning
Meera Sikka Vice President, Global Business Dev
Mick Rizk Vice President, Domestic Aviation Services
Randall A. Stafford General Counsel, Secretary & Vice President
David Edmond Director, Planning
Trudy Broussard Investor Relations Director
Linda McNeill Treasury Manager
Joan M. McCarthy Controller
Mindy Boudreaux Treasurer
Peter N. Buckley Non-Executive Director
Charles F. Bolden Director
Robert W. Waldrup Private Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Ken Tamblyn Chairman
Howard Wolf Board of Directors
Jonathan Cartwright Board of Directors
Kenneth M. Jones Board of Directors
Michael Flick Board of Directors
Stephen J. Cannon Board of Directors
Thomas Amonett Board of Directors
Tom Knudson Board of Directors
William P. Wyatt Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
Basic Energy Services, Inc. Chairman Current
Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC Director Current
Bristow Group Inc. Director Current
Encore Bank Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Former
American General President Former
Grey Wolf, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Grey Wolf, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Ensco International Incorporated Vice President of Business Development Former
American General Chairman and Director Former
The University of Texas B.B.A. In Petroleum Land Management Former
American General Vice Chairman and Group Executive Former
Basic Energy Services, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Seton Hall University J.D. Former
Southern Methodist University M.B.A. In Finance and Accounting Former
The University of Texas B.B.A. In Petroleum Land Management Former
The University of Texas at Austin Bba In Petroleum Land Management Former
Villanova University Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller Current
Bristow Group Inc. Corporate Controller Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller Former
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Finance & Interim Chief Financial Officer Former
Maxxam Inc. Vice President & Controller Former
GulfMark Offshore Inc. Controller Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Executive Vice President, Corp Development Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Senior Vice President, Marketing Current

Mark Duncan joined the company in January 2005 as Vice President, Global Business Development and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global Business Development in January 2006. In January 2008, Mr. Duncan became Senior Vice President, Western Hemisphere. Immediately prior to joining Bristow, Mr. Duncan was Commercial Director in the Deepwater Floating Production Systems division of ABB based in Houston, Texas. Prior to this, Mr. Duncan spent 18 years within the Halliburton/Brown & Root Group, mostly in the subsea sector where he filled various positions working in the North Sea, Brazil and several other International areas, ultimately holding the position of Senior Global Vice President Commercial for the Subsea7 entity.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Senior Vice President, Global Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Senior Vice President, Western Hemisphere Current

Organization Position Status
Helicopter Adventures, Inc. President Current
Bristow Group Inc. Senior Vice President, Global Safety, Trng & Standards Current
Helicopter Adventures, Inc. Owner Current
Helicopter Adventures, Inc. Commercial Helicopter Pilot Former

Richard Burman joined the company in 2004 as Managing Director of Bristow Helicopter Group Ltd. and promoted four months later to Senior Vice President of Bristow Group Inc., and is responsible for the Eastern Hemisphere business. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Burman held various positions within the Baker Hughes group of companies, most recently Region General Manager, Mediterranean and Africa for Baker Hughes INTEQ.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere Current
Baker Hughes Incorporated Region General Manager, Mediterranean and Africa Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. General Counsel, Vice President & Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Compliance Current
Baker Hughes Incorporated Senior Region Counsel Current
Cummins, Inc. Legal Director, Eastern Hemisphere Former
Baker Hughes INTEQ General Counsel Former

Hilary Ware joined the company in August 2007 as Vice President of Global Human Resources. Prior to joining Bristow, Ms. Ware served as Vice President, Human Resources for BHP Billiton Petroleum, the multinational oil & gas exploration and production division of BHP Billiton from 2006 to 2007. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, Ms. Ware was Vice President Human Resources, Worldwide for Hanover Compressor Company, an international gas compression company, from 2002 to 2006. Prior to 2002, Ms. Ware served for 20 years in a variety of roles as a human resources professional with BP and its predecessor companies followed by a brief tenure as a principle at De Novo Partners, a Houston based human resources consulting firm. Ms. Ware earned a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of California at Berkley in 1977.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Global HR Current

Joseph Baj joined the company in July 2005 as Assistant Treasurer. In November 2005, Mr. Baj was elected Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Baj was a treasury consultant from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Baj was Assistant Treasurer with Transocean Inc., from 1997 to 2003. He held various treasury and investor relations positions with Sterling Chemicals, Inc., from 1987 to 1997. He worked in the treasury group of Anderson, Clayton and Co., from 1983 to 1987.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Treasurer & Vice President Current
Bristow Group Inc. Treasurer Current
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Treasury and Investor Relations Positions Former
Transocean Ltd Assistant Treasurer Former
Bristow Group Inc. Assistant Treasurer Former
Anderson Clayton Corp Treasurer Former

Mark Frank joined the company in March 2006 as Director of Planning and Forecasting. In March 2007, Mr. Frank was elected Vice President of Planning. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Frank was a Partner with Sense Corp, LLP and then Director with Sirius Solutions LLP from 2002 to 2006, where he provided business process improvement and system development services to a number of midstream and wholesale energy companies on a consultative basis. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Frank was responsible for planning and forecasting in Enron Corporation’s wholesale energy businesses. Prior to joining Enron, Mr. Frank was responsible for planning, forecasting and analysis at Tom’s Foods, Inc., a food processing and distribution company and Zapata Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor and provider of diversified oilfield services. Mr. Frank began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Planning Current

Meera Sikka joined Bristow as Vice President Global Business Development in June 2008. Ms. Sikka comes to the Company with over twenty years of experience in the energy business in various locations around the world, the last ten of which were spent with affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell. From March 2000 to February 2004, she was Commercial Manager of Shell Aircraft Limited based in London. From February 2004 to May 2008, she served as Global Category Manager – Aviation for Shell UK Exploration and Production.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Global Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Vice President, Domestic Aviation Services Current

Randall Stafford joined the company in May 2006 as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Bristow, Mr. Stafford was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of TODCO from January 2003 to May 2006. From January 2001 until January 2003, Mr. Stafford served as Associate General Counsel of Transocean Inc. From January 2000 until January 2001, Mr. Stafford served as Counsel to R&B Falcon which was eventually acquired by Transocean Inc. From January 1990 until January 2000, Mr. Stafford was employed as Associate General Counsel of Pool Energy Services Company, an international oil and gas drilling and well servicing company that was acquired by Nabors Industries in November 1999.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. General Counsel, Secretary & Vice President Current
Bristow Group Inc. Corporate Secretary Former
Transocean Ltd Associate General Counsel Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Director, Planning Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Investor Relations Director Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Treasury Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Controller Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Treasurer Current

Peter Buckley, aged 64, has spent some 30 years as a director of Caledonia Investments plc. He was appointed its chief executive in 1987 and chairman in 1994. He is a non-executive director of Bristow Group Inc. He was appointed a director in November 1995.

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Non-Executive Director Current
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current
Close Brothers Group plc Board of Directors Current
Kerzner International Limited Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Chairman Current
Tidewater Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Tidewater Inc. Executive Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
University of Southern California Trustee Current
Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bristow Group Inc. Director Current
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina Director Current
Palmetto Gba, LLC Director Current
Marathon Oil Corporation Board of Directors Current
Family Literacy Foundation Director Current
University of Southern California Board of Directors Current
Marathon Oil Corporation Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Member Current
GenCorp Inc. Member Current
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle Pilot Astronaut Former
United States Naval Academy Deputy Administrator Former
Southern California University trustee Former
University of Southern California Master of Science Degree In Systems Management Former
United States Naval Academy Bachelor of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current

Jonathan Cartwright has been Finance Director of Caledonia Investments plc since 1991. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick (now KPMG LLP), became Finance Director of Transworld Petroleum (UK) Limited and subsequently worked for Hanson, serving as group financial controller and also Finance Director of Imperial Foods and other Hanson subsidiaries. He joined Caledonia Investments plc in 1989 is also a non-executive Director of Bristow Group Inc.

Organization Position Status
Caledonia Investments plc Finance Director Current
Serica Energy Plc Board of Directors Current
Caledonia Investments plc Board of Directors Current
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bristow Group Inc. Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bristow Group Inc. Private Investor Current

Organization Position Status
DynCorp International Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current
DynCorp International Inc. President & CEO Former

Thomas N. Amonett has served as a director of TODCO since May 2004. He was appointed as lead independent director of TODCO in October 2004 and was appointed Chairman of TODCO in February 2005. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Champion Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemicals and related services since 1999. From November 1998 to June 1999, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of American Residential Services, Inc., a company providing equipment and services relating to residential heating, ventilating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical and indoor air quality systems and appliances. From July 1996 until June 1997, Mr. Amonett was Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Weatherford Enterra, Inc., an energy services and manufacturing company. Mr. Amonett also serves as a director and member of the executive compensation committee and the audit committee of Reunion Industries Inc., a specialty manufacturing company, and a director and member of the executive compensation committee and the audit committee of Bristow Group Inc., a global provider of helicopter services.

Organization Position Status
Hercules Offshore, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Orion Marine Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Todco Director Current
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current
Permian Mud Service Inc. CEO Former
Permian Mud Service Inc. President Former
Todco Lead Independent Director Former
Todco Chairman of The Board Former

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Bristow Group Inc. Private Investor Current
Newfield Exploration Company Vice President, Operations Former
Bristow Group Inc. Board of Directors Former

Executive News

  • After Hubble Repair, New Images From Space

    New York Times - 9/10/09 - View Story

  • NASA Unveils Spectacular Array of New Hubble Photos

    FOXNews.com - 9/09/09 - View Story

  • U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement on Civil Space Cooperation

    Reuters - 9/09/09 - View Story

  • CFOs on the Move: Week Ending September 4

    CFO.com - 9/04/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group to Present at the Barclays 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conference

    Reuters - 9/02/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group to Present at the Barclays 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conference

    PR Newswire - 9/02/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Preferred Dividend and Mandatory Conversion of Preferred Stock

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 8/24/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Promotion of Elizabeth Brumley to Chief Financial Officer

    Electric Energy Online - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • Brumley Named CFO At Bristow Group

    TradingMarkets - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group names Elizabeth Brumley as new CFO

    KLFY - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Promotes Elizabeth Brumley to CFO

    Rigzone - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group names Elizabeth Brumley as new CFO

    KTTC - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group names Elizabeth Brumley as new CFO

    CNBC - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Promotion of Elizabeth Brumley to Chief Financial Officer

    Financials.com - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Promotion of Elizabeth Brumley to Chief Financial Officer

    Reuters - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • BRIEF-Bristow Group promotes Elizabeth Brumley to CFO

    Forbes.com - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Market Report -- In Play (BRS)

    Briefing.com via MSN Money - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Promotes Elizabeth Brumley To CFO - Quick Facts

    RTTNews.com - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group Announces Promotion of Elizabeth Brumley to Chief Financial Officer

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Bristow Group's Posts Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Results

    Rigzone - 8/08/09 - View Story

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     BRS $34.91 -0.71 (-1.99% )
Average Volume 306,049
Shares Outstanding 35.88M
Market Cap 1.3B
Year High 37.05
Year Low 16.45
Earnings Per Share 3.66
P/E Ratio 9.54
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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