Bruno Chabas joined SBM Offshore as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Management Board in May 2011 and became CEO in January 2012. Prior to joining, he worked for 18 years with Acergy S.A. (now Subsea 7 SA). From November 2002 until January 2011, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Acergy S.A., responsible for all the day-to-day commercial and operational activity worldwide. From June 1999 through October 2002, he served as Chief Financial Officer.
Between 1992 and 2002, Bruno Chabas held various management positions within preceding companies in the United Kingdom, France and the United States. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of FORACO International S.A. since August 2007.

He holds an MBA from Babson College, Massachusetts. Since May 2018, Bruno Chabas is also Non- Executive Director at GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz).

During the 2020 AGM, Bruno Chabas was reappointed as Management Board member for a third term of four years until the 2024 Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board has designated him CEO for this term.