Vantage Drilling International announced that its Board of Directors will name Mr. Ihab Toma as the company's next Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective August 29, 2016. Mr. Toma will join Vantage Drilling with more than 30 years of experience in the oilfield industry. Since 2014, Mr. Toma has been serving as a senior advisor to First Reserve Corporation.

From 2009 until 2013, Mr. Toma served in various executive capacities at Transocean, serving in the positions of Executive Vice President - Chief of Staff, Executive Vice President - Operations, Executive Vice President - Global Business and Senior Vice President - Marketing and Planning. Prior to his time at Transocean, from 1986 until 2009, he served in multiple roles at Schlumberger.