Susan Cunningham has more than 35 years of oil and gas industry experience. She began her career in 1980 as a geologist at Amoco Production Company and held various exploration and development positions including as managing director of Denmark and Sweden, and exploration manager of Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Employed by Statoil from 1997 to 1999, she was exploration manager of West Africa and vice president of exploration at Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Ms Cunningham was Texaco’s vice president of core worldwide exploration from 2000 to 2001. After joining Noble Energy in 2001 as senior vice president of exploration, Ms Cunningham became the executive vice president responsible for global exploration, geoscience, frontier and new ventures. She also established that company’s business innovation department and oversaw environment, health, safety and regulatory. Ms Cunningham was chair of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) from 2010 to 2011, representing the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). From 2005 to 2014, she was director of Cliffs Natural Resources, an iron ore and metallurgical coal mining company.
