Biography

Jose A. Bayardo, age 54, became a director of LP in 2021. Mr. Bayardo is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of NOV Inc. (NYSE: NOV), a leading global provider of equipment and technology to the energy industry (“NOV”). He joined NOV in August 2015 and served as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until March 2025, and as its Chief Operating Officer from March 2025 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2026. Mr. Bayardo has served as President of NOV since March 2025 and as a director of NOV since October 2025. He was appointed as Chairman of NOV’s board of directors effective January 1, 2026. Prior to joining NOV, Mr. Bayardo served as Senior Vice President of Resource and Business Development of Continental Resources, Inc., a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company, and spent nine years serving in various roles at Complete Production Services, Inc., an oilfield service provider which traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CPX prior to its acquisition by Superior Energy Services Inc. in 2012, including Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, he was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. Mr. Bayardo graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering, from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University with a master’s degree in Engineering Management and from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with an M.B.A.