Noble Corporation Management Team


David Williams DAVID W. WILLIAMS, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
David W. Williams was named Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 2, 2008. 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.
Julie Robertson JULIE J. ROBERTSON, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Julie J. Robertson was named Executive Vice President of Noble effective February 10, 2006. Ms. Robertson served as Senior Vice President - Administration of Noble from July 2001 to February 10, 2006. Ms. Robertson has served continuously as Corporate Secretary of Noble 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.
Tom Mitchell THOMAS L. MITCHELL, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas L. Mitchell was named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller of Noble effective November 6, 2006. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Mitchell served as Vice President and Controller of Apache Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, since 1997. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Controller of Apache, and from 1989 to 1996 he served Apache in various positions including Assistant to Vice President Production and Director Natural Gas Marketing. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Mitchell was a manager at Arthur Andersen & Co.
William Turcotte WILLIAM E. TURCOTTE, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
William E. Turcotte, was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Noble Corporation, effective December 16, 2008. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Turcotte served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Cornell Companies, Inc. since 2007. Before joining Cornell, Mr. Turcotte was most recently Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Transocean, Inc., where he worked from 2000 to 2007. Between 1992 and 2000, he served in various legal positions with Schlumberger Limited in Houston, Caracas and Paris, and prior to 1992, he worked as a legal associate in law firms in Mexico City and Houston.

William Turcotte D.E. "Don" JACOBSEN, Senior Vice President – Operations
D.E. "Don" Jacobsen was named Senior Vice President – Operations, effective July 30, 2009. Immediately prior to joining Noble, Jacobsen served as Vice President, Global Drilling and Completions with Hess Corporation, a global integrated energy company engaged in exploration and production activities worldwide. In 2006, Jacobsen served as Vice President, Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Sustainable Development at Shell International E&P, with responsibility for global exploration, health, safety, security and environmental protection activities and improvement efforts. He was elevated to that position in 2006, after serving for three years as Vice President, Global Wells. Jacobsen started his oilfield career with Shell in 1981 and worked primarily in the drilling and completions sector of the business

William Turcotte ROGER B. HUNT, Senior Vice President - Marketing and Contracts
Roger B. Hunt was named Senior Vice President - Marketing and Contracts, effective July 20, 2009. With more than 35 years in the offshore drilling industry, Hunt most recently served as Senior Vice President - Marketing at GlobalSantaFe, a position he held from 1997 to 2007. Additionally, Hunt has broad experience in evaluating opportunities for organic growth, rig acquisitions and corporate M&A opportunities. Hunt also has significant operational and project management experience gained in different venues around the world. His prior offshore drilling industry related assignments included positions in Australia, Gulf of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and England.