C.J. Silas

C.J. Silas is the Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Phillips Petroleum Company (engaged in exploration and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids on a worldwide basis, the manufacture of plastics and petrochemicals and other activities) (1985-1994).

Silas is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission,, and the Atlantic Council of the United States.

Silas joined the Halliburton Company Board in 1993. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and the Management Oversight Committees. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Reader's Digest Association Inc. since 1992.