Key Executives of Unconventional Resources Companies

John A. Manzoni was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Talisman Energy Inc. on September 1, 2007. Mr. Manzoni is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company’s ...

Mr. Harding joined the Athabasca team in September, 2007 having had more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience. He started his career with the Royal Bank of Canada’s Customer Service grou...

A native of Middleport, N.Y., Mr. March is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. He joined Mobil Oil at the Buffalo Refinery as a project engineer in 1980 and advanced through increasin...

Mr. Aylesworth joined Baytex as Chief Financial Officer in November 2005, and is responsible for Baytex's capital markets, financial reporting and compliance, financial risk management, tax and treasu...

Randy heads one of North America’s leading energy producers. He joined one of Encana’s predecessor companies in 1980. In 2002 Randy was named Encana’s Chief Operating Officer and became President & Ch...

Sherri Brillon continues as Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer and her role will be focused on capital allocation and building financial strength and flexibility. Sherri's career at En...

Mr. Chan was appointed Executive Chairman of Baytex on January 1, 2009. He originally joined Baytex in October 1998 and has held the following positions: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Offi...

Mr. Bowzer joined Baytex as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2012. Mr. Bowzer has over 30 years of global experience leading large organizations, directing new projects and developin...

Mr. Svarte started his career with Conoco working on projects in Norway and the United Kingdom. From 1989 to 2006 he was with Total SA where he held various positions throughout the world until his tr...

As President & Chief Executive Officer, Brian is responsible for overall leadership of Cenovus Energy’s strategic and operational performance. He is also a Director of Cenovus Energy. Brian joined a p...

As Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Ivor oversees a team responsible for the company's financial functions including comptrollers, treasury, tax, financial risk and enterprise risk ...

Mr. Grandin is the Chair of our Board. He is also director of BNS Split Corp. II and HSBC Bank Canada. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fording Canadian Coal Trust from February 2003 to ...

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and raised in Texas, Mr. Albers joined the company in 1979 and holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. Throughout his career,...

Director since 2000, Age 61 (as of February 1, 2012). Mr. Cazalot graduated from Louisiana State University in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree in geology and joined Texaco Inc. that same year a...

Mr. David L. Stover, also known as Dave, has been the Chairman of Noble Energy, Inc., since May 1, 2015 and has been its Chief Executive Officer and President since October 21, 2014 and April 29, 2009...

James T. Hackett is Executive Chairman of the Board of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Hackett was named Executive Chairman of the company in May 2012, after serving as Chief Executive Officer sin...

John S. Watson is chairman and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation, a position he assumed on January 1, 2010. In 2005, Watson was elected president of Chevron International Exploration and ...

Patricia E. Yarrington is vice president and chief financial officer of Chevron Corporation, a position she assumed in January 2009. Yarrington earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1977 ...

Kimberly Allen Dang is Vice President and CFO of Kinder Morgan, the largest midstream and the third largest energy company (based on combined enterprise value) in North America. Ms. Dang's responsibi...

C. Park Shaper is President and a member of the Office of the Chairman of Kinder Morgan, the largest midstream and the third largest energy company (based on combined enterprise value) in North Americ...

John W. Peffer is President and Managing Director of Anadarko Mozambique Area 1, Lda and has been based in Maputo, Mozambique since January 2007. He earned BS and MSc degrees in Petroleum Engineerin...

Aubrey K. McClendon has agreed to retire from Chesapeake Energy on April 1, 2013 and will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer until his successor is appointed. Aubrey K. McClendon has ser...

Domenic J. Dell'Osso, Jr. was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2010. Mr. Dell’Osso served as Vice President – Finance of the Company and Chief Financial Offi...

Mark E. Ellis is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of LINN Energy, LLC. LINN Energy's mission is to acquire, develop and maximize cash flow from a growing portfolio of long-life oil ...

Mr. Foran founded Matador Resources Company in July 2003 and has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary since July 2003. He is also chairman of the board’s E...

Merrill A. Miller, Jr. has been a director of the Company since January 2007 and our lead independent director since March 2010. Mr. Miller is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nation...

Alan Armstrong became president and chief executive officer of Williams in January 2011. Previously, he served as president of Midstream and was responsible for leading Williams’ midstream and olefins...

Chappel joined Williams in April 2003 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Chappel was a key member of the executive team that led the company’s successful turnaround, repositioning a...

Harold G. Hamm has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director since the inception in 1967 and currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors. He also serves as Chairman of the board of d...

Rick Bott most recently served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Cairn India Limited, a publicly listed company and member of the Nifty Fifty of the India National Stock Exchange. M...

J. Larry Nichols, 70, is a co-founder of Devon and has been a director since 1971. He was elected executive chairman in June 2010, after holding the position of chairman and chief executive officer si...

John Richels, 61, was elected president and chief executive officer of Devon in June 2010 and joined the board of directors in 2007. He previously served as president, a senior vice president of Devon...

Mr. Kinder is a co-founder of Kinder Morgan, which was formed in February of 1997. Mr. Kinder received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri and served in Vietnam as a Capt...

S.P. “Chip” Johnson, IV has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since December 1993. Prior to that, he worked for Shell Oil Company for 15 years. His managerial position...

Javan (Jay) Ottoson joined SM Energy Company as executive vice president and chief operating officer at the end of 2006. Immediately prior to joining SM Energy, Mr. Ottoson was senior vice president o...

- Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer – May 2002 to present President and Chief Operating Officer – September 2001 to May 2002. - Samedan Oil Corporation (a ...

Gary C. Evans serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (MHR), a Houston based oil and gas exploration and production company; he has held that...

A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Rex Tillerson earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A. in 1975 as a producti...

Al Walker is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. He joined Anadarko in 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, later serving as Presid...

Originally from Washington, D.C., Andrew Swiger holds a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Throughout his career, Mr. Swiger has held a variety o...

Bob Gwin is Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for the areas of accounting, financial reporting and tax; treasury, corporate finance and risk management; ...

Ryan M. Lance is chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips. A petroleum engineer, Lance has 28 years of oil and natural gas industry experience in senior management and technical positions with ConocoPhillip...

Jeff W. Sheets is senior vice president, Finance and chief financial officer for ConocoPhillips. In 1980, he earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the Missouri University of...

Janet F. Clark is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Marathon Oil Corporation and serves as a member of Marathon's Executive Committee. She joined Marathon in January 2004 with a ...