People: Noble Corp (NE)

NE on New York Consolidated

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

David Williams

55 2008 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

James MacLennan

53 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Julie Robertson

57 2006 Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary

William Turcotte

49 2008 Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Roger Hunt

63 2009 Senior Vice President - Marketing and Contracts

Lee Ahlstrom

45 2011 Senior Vice President - Strategic Development

Scott Marks

53 2007 Senior Vice President - Engineering

Bernie Wolford

53 2012 Senior Vice President - Operations

Dennis Lubojacky

60 2012 Vice President, Controller

Michael Cawley

65 2008 Lead Independent Director

Ashley Almanza

2013 Director

Lawrence Chazen

70 1994 Independent Director

Julie Edwards

54 2006 Independent Director

Gordon Hall

2009 Independent Director

Marc Leland

72 1994 Independent Director

Jack Little

72 2000 Independent Director

Jon Marshall

61 2009 Independent Director

Mary Ricciardello

56 2003 Independent Director

Jeffrey Chastain

Vice President - Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

David Williams

Mr. David W. Williams is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Noble Corporation. Mr. Williams served as Senior Vice President—Business Development of Noble Drilling Services Inc. from September 2006 to January 2007, as Senior Vice President—Operations of Noble Drilling Services Inc. from January to April 2007, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Noble from April 2007 to January 2, 2008. Prior to September 2006, Mr. Williams served for more than five years as Executive Vice President of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor.

James MacLennan

Mr. James A. MacLennan is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Noble Corporation. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. MacLennan served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions, a producer of pavement marking materials, from January 2011 to December 2011. From June 2010 to January 2011, Mr. MacLennan did not hold a principal employment. Mr. MacLennan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lodgian, Inc., a publicly-traded independent owner and operator of hotels in the United States from March 2006 until Lodgian was acquired by and merged into Lone Star Funds in May 2010. Prior to joining Lodgian, Mr. MacLennan was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Theragenics Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company that manufactures medical devices. Previously, Mr. MacLennan was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lanier Worldwide, Inc., a publicly-traded technical products company. Mr. MacLennan spent much of his early career in financial positions of increasing responsibility in the oil and gas industry, most notably with Exxon Corporation and later with Noble Corporation. Mr. MacLennan is a Chartered Accountant.

Julie Robertson

Ms. Julie J. Robertson is Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary of Noble Corporation. She was named Executive Vice President effective February 10, 2006. Ms. Robertson served as Senior Vice President — Administration from July 2001 to February 10, 2006. Ms. Robertson has served continuously as Corporate Secretary since December 1993. Ms. Robertson served as Vice President — Administration of Noble Drilling from 1996 to July 2001. In 1994, Ms. Robertson became Vice President — Administration of Noble Drilling Services Inc. From 1989 to 1994, Ms. Robertson served consecutively as Manager of Benefits and Director of Human Resources for Noble Drilling Services Inc. Prior to 1989, Ms. Robertson served consecutively in the positions of Risk and Benefits Manager and Marketing Services Coordinator for a predecessor subsidiary of Noble, beginning in 1979.

William Turcotte

Mr. William E. Turcotte is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Noble Corporation. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Turcotte served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Cornell Companies, Inc., a private corrections company, since March 2007. He served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Transocean, Inc., an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor, from October 2005 to March 2007 and as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from January 2000 to October 2005. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Turcotte served in various legal positions with Schlumberger Limited in Houston, Caracas and Paris. Mr. Turcotte was in private practice prior to joining Schlumberger.

Roger Hunt

Mr. Roger B. Hunt is Senior Vice President - Marketing and Contracts of Noble Corporation. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Hunt served as Senior Vice President — Marketing at GlobalSantaFe Corporation, an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor, from 1997 to 2007. In that capacity, Mr. Hunt was responsible for marketing and pricing strategy, sales and contract activities for the company’s fleet of 57 offshore drilling units. Mr. Hunt did not hold a principal employment from December 2007 to July 2009.

Lee Ahlstrom

Mr. Lee Michael Ahlstrom is Senior Vice President - Strategic Development of Noble Corporation. He holds a master of mechanical engineering degree and a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree from the University of Delaware. Mr. Ahlstrom served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning from May 2006 to May 2011. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Ahlstrom served as Director of Investor Relations at Burlington Resources, held various management positions at UNOCAL Corporation and served as an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company.

Scott Marks

Mr. Scott W. Marks is Senior Vice President - Engineering of Noble Corporation. Mr. Marks served as Vice President — Project Management and Construction from August 2006 to January 2007, as Vice President — Support Engineering from September 2005 to August 2006 and as Director of Engineering from January 2003 to September 2005. Mr. Marks has been with Noble since 1991, serving as a Project Manager and as a Drilling Superintendent prior to 2003.

Bernie Wolford

Mr. Bernie G. Wolford is Senior Vice President - Operations of Noble Corporation. Mr. Wolford served as Vice President — Operational Excellence from March 2010 to February 2012. From January 2003 until March 2010, Mr. Wolford was self-employed. During that time, he provided consulting services to Noble as a contractor on the construction of the Noble Dave Beard from March 2009 to December 2009. He also supported the operations of Mass Technology Corp., an independent downstream refining and storage company, from February 2007 to February 2009. Mr. Wolford began his career in the offshore drilling industry with Transworld Drilling in 1981, which was acquired by Noble in 1991. From 1981 through December 2002, he served in various roles in engineering, project management and operations with Transworld and Noble. . He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University.

Dennis Lubojacky

Mr. Dennis J. Lubojacky is Vice President, Controller of Noble Corporation. Dennis was named Vice President and Controller effective April 27, 2012. In this position, Mr. Lubojacky also serves as principal accounting officer of Noble-Swiss. Since February 2010, Mr. Lubojacky has also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noble-Cayman. Mr. Lubojacky has also served as Vice President and Controller of a subsidiary of Noble-Swiss from July 2007 through October 2011 and from January 2012 until his new appointment. Mr. Lubojacky served as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of Noble Corporation from October 2011 through January 2012. From April 2006 to June 2007, he served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of TODCO, a public oil and gas contract drilling company. Mr. Lubojacky is a Certified Public Accountant.

Michael Cawley

Mr. Michael A. Cawley is Lead Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Cawley has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation (the “Noble Foundation”), since February 1992, after serving as Executive Vice President of the Noble Foundation since January 1991. Mr. Cawley has served as a trustee of the Noble Foundation since 1988. The Noble Foundation is engaged in agricultural research, education, demonstration and consultation, plant biology and applied biotechnology; and assistance through granting to selected nonprofit organizations. For more than five years prior to 1991, Mr. Cawley was the President of Thompson & Cawley, a professional corporation, attorneys at law; and Mr. Cawley currently serves as Of Counsel to the law firm of Thompson, Cawley, Veazey & Burns, a professional corporation. Mr. Cawley is a director of Noble Energy, Inc. and also serves as a director of several non-profit organizations.

Ashley Almanza

Lawrence Chazen

Mr. Lawrence J. Chazen is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Chazen has served since 1977 as Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence J. Chazen, Inc., a California registered investment adviser engaged in providing financial advisory services.

Julie Edwards

Ms. Julie H. Edwards is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Ms. Edwards served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Southern Union Company from November 2006 to January 2007, and immediately prior to that served as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2005 to November 2006. Southern Union is primarily engaged in the transportation and distribution of natural gas. Prior to joining Southern Union, Ms. Edwards served as Executive Vice President — Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for Frontier Oil Corporation in Houston since 2000. She joined Frontier Oil in 1991 as Vice President — Secretary and Treasurer after serving as Vice President of Corporate Finance for Smith Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc., New York and Houston, from 1988 to 1991, after joining the company as an associate in 1985. Ms. Edwards has not held a principal employment since retiring from Southern Union. Ms. Edwards is also a director of ONEOK, Inc. and ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C. Ms. Edwards served as a director of the NATCO Group, Inc. from 2004 until its merger with Cameron International Corporation in 2009.

Gordon Hall

Mr. Gordon T. Hall is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Hall serves as Chairman of the Board of Exterran Holdings, Inc., a natural gas compression and production services company. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Hanover Compressor Company from May 2005 until its merger with Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. to create Exterran in August 2007. Mr. Hall retired as Managing Director from Credit Suisse, a brokerage services and investment banking firm, where he was employed from 1987 through 2002. While at Credit Suisse, Mr. Hall served as Senior Oil Field Services Analyst and Co-Head of the Global Energy Group. Mr. Hall has not held a principal employment since leaving his position with Credit Suisse. Mr. Hall was a director of Hydril Company, an oil and gas service company specializing in pressure control equipment and premium connections for tubing and casing, until its merger with Tenaris S.A. in May 2007 and was a director of Grant Prideco, Inc., a drilling technology and manufacturing company, until its acquisition by National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in April 2008. Mr. Hall also serves as a director of several non-profit organizations.

Marc Leland

Mr. Marc E. Leland is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Leland has served since 1984 as President of Marc E. Leland & Associates, Inc., a company engaged in the business of providing financial advisory services. During his career, Mr. Leland has served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Senior Advisor at the Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Negotiations in Vienna, Austria, a partner in the law firms of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn and Cerf, Robinson & Leland, General Counsel to the Peace Corps, a faculty fellow at Harvard Law School and a Ford Foundation fellow at the Institute of Comparative Law in Paris, France. Mr. Leland has previously served as a director of public companies, including Avon Products, Inc. and S.G. Warburg & Co. Mr. Leland also serves as a director of several non-profit organizations.

Jack Little

Mr. Jack E. Little is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Little served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Oil Company, and a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Exploration & Production Company for more than five years until his retirement in June 1999. Shell Oil Company and its subsidiaries, with operations in the United States, explore, develop, produce, purchase, transport and market crude oil and natural gas; they also purchase, manufacture, transport and market oil and chemical products and provide technical and business services. Mr. Little also served as a director of TXU Corporation from 2001 to 2007 and as a Trustee for the Baylor College of Medicine.

Jon Marshall

Mr. Jon A. Marshall is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Mr. Marshall served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Transocean Inc. from November 2007 to May 2008, and immediately prior to that served as Chief Executive Officer of GlobalSantaFe Corporation from May 2003 until November 2007, when GlobalSantaFe merged with Transocean. Transocean is an offshore drilling contractor. Mr. Marshall has not held a principal employment since leaving his position with Transocean. Mr. Marshall is a director of Cobalt International Energy, Inc. and also serves as a director of two non-profit organizations.

Mary Ricciardello

Ms. Mary P. Ricciardello is Independent Director of Noble Corp. Ms. Ricciardello served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Reliant Energy, Inc. from January 2001 to August 2002, and immediately prior to that served as its Senior Vice President and Comptroller from September 1999 to January 2001 and as its Vice President and Comptroller from 1996 to September 1999. Ms. Ricciardello also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Reliant Resources, Inc. from May 2001 to August 2002. Reliant principally provides electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers. Ms. Ricciardello’s current principal occupation is as a certified public accountant, and she has not held a principal employment since leaving her positions with Reliant Energy, Inc. and Reliant Resources, Inc. in August 2002. Ms. Ricciardello is also a director of Devon Energy Corporation and several non-profit organizations. Ms. Ricciardello also served as a director of U.S. Concrete, Inc. from 2003 until August 2010

Jeffrey Chastain

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