DALLAS, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ENSCO International Incorporated
(NYSE: ESV) announced that Rita M. Rodriguez has been appointed by the
Company's Board of Directors to join the Board as a Class III Director,
effective immediately. Her newly created position as the eighth Director on
the ENSCO Board has a term running to the Company's 2004 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. She has also been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of
the Board.
Dr. Rodriguez is a researcher and advisor in the field of international
finance who has authored numerous books and articles. Currently a Fellow at
the Woodstock Theological Center of Georgetown University, Dr. Rodriguez
serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit
Committee of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and is also a Director of the
Private Export Funding Corporation and the Academy for Educational
Development.
Dr. Rodriguez was formerly a full-time member of the Board of Directors of
the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Nominated by President Reagan
and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1982, she continued in this position until
March 1999 by direction of Presidents Bush and Clinton to become the longest
serving director in the history of the Bank. Prior to assuming her position
at the Ex-Im Bank, Dr. Rodriguez was a Professor of Finance at the University
of Illinois at Chicago and an Assistant and Associate Professor of Business
Administration at Harvard Business School.
Dr. Rodriguez holds a B.B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico, as well
as a M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the New York University Graduate School of
Business.
Carl F. Thorne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ENSCO, commented
"We are extremely pleased to have Rita joining our Board of Directors, and
look forward to her contribution. We are confident her experience with U.S.
multinational companies, and domestic and foreign government agencies, coupled
with her financial expertise, will bring new insight to our Board and
Committee deliberations, and will serve to augment our already strong Board of
Directors and Audit Committee."
ENSCO, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provides contract drilling services
to the global petroleum industry.
SOURCE ENSCO International Incorporated
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