Maria Claudia Borras

Maria Claudia Borras is Chief Growth & Experience Officer at Baker Hughes. She is responsible for driving enterprise growth and enhancing customer experience, leading the commercial, regional and marketing organizations and driving transformation to energize business expansion across the company’s portfolio.

Borras has more than 30 years of experience in Baker Hughes and the oil & gas industry. From 2022-2024, she served as Executive Vice President of Oilfield Services & Equipment, and from 2017-2022, she served as Executive Vice President of Oilfield Services.

Previously, Borras served as Chief Commercial Officer at GE Oil & Gas, where she managed a global team of more than 4,000 sales, commercial, and marketing professionals. She came to GE Oil & Gas in January 2015 from Baker Hughes, which she joined in 1993.

Throughout her earlier career at Baker Hughes, her leadership roles included President, Latin America Region; President, Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian Region; Vice President, Global Marketing; Vice President, Centrilift Marketing; and Area Manager for a number of countries in Latin America.

Borras began her career in the oil & gas industry in 1991 as a production engineer for Esso in Bogotá, Colombia. She then moved into operations, marketing, and management roles at Esso before joining Baker Hughes. She has broad experience in organizational transformation, process improvement and growth strategies.

Borras has served on the Board of Baker Petrolite Saudi Company since 2023 and on the Board of Tyson Food, Inc., the largest U.S. food company, since 2020. From 2019-2022, she served on the Board of ADNOC Drilling, the largest drilling company in the Middle East. She is actively involved in the Baker Hughes Women’s Network and the Baker Hughes Hispanic Forum.

She earned a degree in petroleum engineering from the Universidad de América, Bogotá, Colombia, in 1991.