James T. Hackett is a businessperson who has been at the head of 17 different companies. Presently, Mr. Hackett occupies the position of Independent Chairman-Elect at Schlumberger NV, President of Tessellation Services LLC, Executive Chairman of Alta Mesa Holdings LP, Chairman for Alta Mesa Holdings GP LLC and Non-Executive Chairman at NuScale Power Corp. James T. Hackett is also Chairman at Baylor College of Medicine and Non-Executive Chairman-Manager Board at NuScale Power LLC and on the board of 11 other companies.

In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman of The National Petroleum Council, Chairman at America's Natural Gas Alliance, Executive Chairman at Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. Chief Executive Officer & Director at Silver Run Acquisition Corp. II and Chief Operating Officer at Kingfisher Midstream LLC (both are subsidiaries of Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.), President & Chief Operating Officer of Devon Energy Corp. Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Seagull Energy Corp. and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Ocean Energy, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Devon Energy Corp.), Partner at Riverstone Holdings LLC and Partner at Riverstone Investment Group LLC (a subsidiary of Riverstone Holdings LLC), President-Energy Services Group at Duke Energy Corp. Executive Vice President at PanEnergy Corp. and Principal at Duke Energy International LLC (both are subsidiaries of Duke Energy Corp.), Senior Vice President for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Chairman for Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. and Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a graduate degree from Harvard Divinity School.