Brown, who began his career with Anadarko in 1998, most recently served as senior vice-president, international and deepwater operations, beginning in August 2016. He has held a variety of positions within the company, including vice-president, operations, for Anadarko’s southern and Appalachia region; vice-president, corporate planning; general manager of the Maverick basin and the company's Freestone-Chalk area; business advisor for planning and reserves administration in the Gulf of Mexico; and engineering roles in both the US onshore and the Gulf of Mexico.
Before that, Holly served as reserves and planning manager for the southern and Appalachia region and was a reservoir engineer and development supervisor on Anadarko’s Marco Polo and K2 developments in the deepwater gulf.
Hollek, who began his career in 1980 with Kerr-McGee Corp. as a field engineer in Morgan City, La., was appointed executive vice-president, operations, in August 2016 after serving as executive vice-president of US onshore exploration and production since April 2015 (OGJ Online, Aug. 23, 2016). He also was senior vice-president of operations, deepwater Americas; vice-president of Gulf of Mexico operations and global deepwater drilling; vice-president, Gulf of Mexico; and vice-president of operations.