Biographical Skteches

Susan M. Cunningham began as an entry level geologist and rose through the corporate ranks at Amoco, Texaco, Statoil and Noble Energy. She holds a bachelor's degree in geology and physical geography from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and has also completed a management program through Rice University's Office of Executive Development. Susan began her career in 1980 as a geologist at Amoco Canada in Calgary prior to moving to Houston in 1981 to join Amoco's International Region where she held various exploration and development positions. From 1997-1999 Susan managed teams at Statoil where she was responsible for West Africa and Deepwater Gulf of Mexico exploration. In 2000, Susan served as Texaco's Vice President of core worldwide exploration. Susan retired from Noble Energy in 2017, where she was Executive Vice President of EHSR (Environment, Health, Safety and Regulatory), global exploration and business innovation. While at Noble she guided the company's exploration efforts as they expanded internationally where she supervised Gulf of Mexico, Africa and Frontier Ventures and operations and the historic discovery and frontier success of Leviathon field in offshore Israel. Today she is an advisor for Darcy Partners, a research company connecting oil and gas companies with emerging technologies. Be sure to read an interview with Susan published in GeoExpro: https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2015/11/psychology-of-exploration

William "Bill" Maloney received his MSc in Geology from Syracuse University in 1981 and began his career with Shell Oil Company in Houston as a geologist in the Rocky Mountain Division. Over time he took on positions of increasing responsibility in the US and international arena. Upon leaving Shell in 1995 where he served as Region Manager for Latin America, Bill was the Director of International E&P for Davis Petroleum from 1995-1996. Bill next served as Vice President of Exploration and New Ventures for Texaco until 2002. From 2002-2008 Bill was the Senior Vice President, Global Exploration (GEX) for Statoil where he was responsible for all of Statoil's international exploration activity. Bill retired from Statoil in 2015 as the Executive Vice President of Development and Production North America. In this capacity he played a key role in Statoil's Corporate Executive Committee and was Statoil's senior executive in North America. Bill has served on the National Petroleum Council and was a member of the board of API. He is on AAPG's corporate advisory board and on the Energy Advisory Board for the University of Houston. Bill is an avid tennis player and still maintains an active interest in music. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Trident Energy and ATX Energy and also serves as a senior energy advisor to Warburg Pincus. Maloney was recently interviewed by Forbes magazine: https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2017/11/20/is-this-a-normal-business-cycle-or-are-we-seeing-structural-changes-to-the-energy-business/