McDermott International, Inc. announced that John Freeman has been appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective August 14, 2017. He succeeds Liane Hinrichs who has announced her intention to retire from the company at the end of the year, 2017. Freeman joins McDermott from TechnipFMC where he was most recently Special Advisor to the Integration of Technip and FMC. Prior to the merger of Technip and FMC, Freeman was Group (Corporate) General Counsel for Technip. Prior to joining Technip in 2009, Freeman was with Baker Hughes Incorporated.