James T. Hackett has been elected to Cameron’s board of directors, effective Aug. 2.

Hackett, 58, is currently executive chairman of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Previously, he served as chairman, president, and CEO during his nine-year tenure at Anadarko. Prior to this, Hackett was president and COO of Devon Energy Corp. and chairman, president, and CEO of Ocean Energy.

In addition, Hacket has held senior executive roles at Duke Energy Corp. and NGC Corp. Hackett holds an MBA from Harvard University, as well as a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. He has served on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute and the Business Roundtable as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where he was chairman.