10 Baker Hughes operations leaders
Laura Agostini, IET Gas Services - VP Global Operations, heads this list of Baker Hughes operations leaders, whose current titles include vice presidents of operations for pressure pumping and upstream chemicals, plus vice presidents of manufacturing and product operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Baker Hughes from people who have held the role.
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Chris Jones
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President, Oilfield Services, North America Offshore · Baker Hughes
Chris Jones served as Vice President, Oilfield Services, North America Offshore at Baker Hughes from 2021 to 2025, as Vice President, Oilfield Services, Europe from 2017 to 2021 and as Managing Director & Vice President Brazil Geomarket from 2014 to 2017. Chris also served as Region Director - Drilling Services, Middle East & Asia Pacific.
Claire Aitchison
LinkedInExperience: Former Druck Executive Operations Leader · Baker Hughes
Claire Aitchison served as Druck Executive Operations Leader at Baker Hughes from 2018 to January 2026 and is now Vice President of Operations at Druck in Leicester. Claire served as Service Center Manager at GE Power, Manufacturing Shop Operations Manager at GE Oil & Gas and Lean Manufacturing Leader at GE Power.
David Pierce
LinkedInExperience: VP Product Operations - Veros Systems · Baker Hughes
David Pierce has been VP Product Operations - Veros Systems at Baker Hughes since December 2021, working from Austin, and served as VP Product Operations at Veros Systems from 2013 to 2021. David served as Sr. Manager, New Product Introduction at Lifesize and held program, product engineering and test engineering manager roles at Brocade.
Gary Quinlan
LinkedInExperience: Former Executive - Operations Director - Panametrics · Baker Hughes
Gary Quinlan served as Executive - Operations Director - Panametrics at Baker Hughes from 2022 to 2025 and as Executive - Procurement Director - Subsea Systems, Services & Offshore from 2017 to 2022. Gary is now Vice President Operations - Panametrics at Crane Company, working from Aberdeen.
Juan Carlos Flores
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Manufacturing Enterprise Excellence · Baker Hughes
Juan Carlos Flores has been Vice President - Manufacturing Enterprise Excellence at Baker Hughes since January 2026, working from Houston, and served there as Executive Director Enterprise operations Excellence - Advanced Manufacturing from 2020 to 2026. Juan Carlos held completions and wellbore intervention director roles at Baker Hughes in commercial, product line and regional posts.
Laura Agostini
LinkedInExperience: IET Gas Services - VP Global Operations · Baker Hughes
Laura Agostini has been IET Gas Services - VP Global Operations at Baker Hughes since October 2022, working from Italy. Laura served at Baker Hughes as Services Region Leader from 2020 to 2022 and as Executive Equipment & Projects Portfolio Execution leader from 2017 to 2020, a role also held at GE Oil and Gas from 2013 to 2017.
Mike Dolman
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Operations Support, Eastern Hemisphere · Baker Hughes
Mike Dolman served as Vice President Operations Support, Eastern Hemisphere at Baker Hughes from 2012 to 2013, as Vice President & Managing Director from 2013 to 2016 and as HSE Leader until retiring in 2019. Mike describes roles that included Vice President of Operations for the Middle East based in Dubai.
Paula Kolb
LinkedInExperience: Vice President -Operations, Western Hemisphere Upstream Chemicals · Baker Hughes
Paula Kolb lists Vice President -Operations, Western Hemisphere Upstream Chemicals at Baker Hughes as a current role dating to July 2015, working from Spring, Texas. Paula served there as Director - Operations, Gulf of Mexico from 2012 to 2015 and as Director Global Business Development and Strategic Marketing and held pipeline services roles.
Richard Vaclavik
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations, US Land Pressure Pumping · Baker Hughes
Richard Vaclavik lists Vice President Operations, US Land Pressure Pumping at Baker Hughes as a current role dating to March 2012, working from Tomball, Texas. Richard served as Area Vice President and VP Business Development Northeast US at Halliburton from 2010 to 2012, and also lists a Vice President Operations role at Baker Hughes since March 2012.
Victoria (Tory) Regan
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director- IET Business System, Industrial & Energy Technology Segment, Baker Hughes · Baker Hughes
Victoria (Tory) Regan has been Executive Director- IET Business System, Industrial & Energy Technology Segment at Baker Hughes since September 2025, working from the Greater London area. Tory served there as Vice President - Operations, Inspection Business, IET from 2022 to 2025, Vice President - Operations & HSE, Digital Solutions from 2021 to 2022 and Plant Operations Manager from 2016 to 2019.
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