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David Seaton serves as group president of Energy & Chemicals for Fluor Corporation responsible for the company's global business activities in the upstream downstream pipeline offshore gas processing oil and gas production chemicals integrated petrochemical and petroleum refining industries. Seaton also oversees ICA Fluor the company's joint venture in Mexico and maintains geographic responsibility for Fluor's operations in China and the Middle East.
Prior to assuming his current role Seaton served as senior vice president and group executive for Fluor's global corporate sales function and had geographic responsibility for the Middle East. Other recent responsibilities have included senior vice president of Fluor's Chemicals business line championing Fluor's development activities and long-term strategy for Iraq as well as leading a major corporate cost-efficiency initiative.
Since joining Fluor in 1984 Seaton has held numerous positions in both operations and sales in the U.S. Europe and the Middle East including vice president and managing director of Fluor Arabia Ltd. the company's joint venture in Saudi Arabia; and executive director for the global pulp and paper industry and the mining metals and manufacturing industries in North America. Additionally he has gained extensive operational and project management experience in both home office engineering and site construction across a variety of industries.
Seaton is a board member of Fluor Arabia Ltd Fluor Daniel Nigeria Ltd and the Fluor Foundation - the company's philanthropic organization. He is also a member of Fluor's Executive Development Forum and Compliance and Ethics Committee.
Active in many business organizations Seaton serves on the Coordinating Committee on Oil & Gas for the National Petroleum Council (NPC) and is a board member of the American Petroleum Institute (API).
Seaton holds a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina. He completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business and Thunderbird University's International Management Program. | 