Girish K. Saligram

Girish K. Saligram is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Weatherford International, a global oilfield services company specializing in drilling, evaluation, and production services. He assumed the role in October 2020, tasked with turning around a company that had just emerged from bankruptcy. Saligram swiftly implemented a disciplined operational strategy and refocused Weatherford on its core strengths. Under his leadership, Weatherford has stabilized financially—by 2024 it built a robust financial foundation and returned to profitability. He has driven a cultural shift toward performance and accountability, while fostering innovation in the company's product lines including advanced logging-while-drilling tools and digital oilfield platforms.