Adam C. Peakes will become senior vice president and CFO of Noble Corp. Plc, effective Jan. 23, 2017, the offshore drilling contractor said Nov. 21.

Peakes will oversee corporate finance, financial reporting, accounting, tax and treasury activities.

Since 2011, Peakes has been managing director and head of OFS investment banking at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. From 2000 to 2011, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co., most recently as managing director of global natural resources – investment banking division.

Peakes received an undergraduate degree from Rice University and a master’s of business administration degree from Harvard University.