David E. Roberts, Jr., is senior vice president of Business Development for Marathon Oil Corporation. He joined Marathon in June 2006.
Mr. Roberts previously served as executive vice president and managing director for BG Group with responsibility for Asia and the Middle East.
Prior to joining BG, he served as advisor to the vice chairman of ChevronTexaco Corporation (now Chevron Corporation) from 2001 to 2003, where he provided strategic and operational advice to executive management regarding the company�s upstream operations.
In 1999, Mr. Roberts was named director of strategic management for Texaco�s Worldwide Upstream operations where he was responsible for the strategic direction, planning and performance management for the company�s worldwide upstream business. He was promoted to regional manager in 1997 to oversee the tactical and strategic direction and operational performance of all activities associated with the Kern River (California) and later, the California basins business units for Texaco�s North America production business. Immediately prior, he was the regional manager of planning, portfolio management and new business development. From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Roberts held numerous engineering assignments of increasing responsibility and provided operational advice to senior management throughout Texaco�s North American oil and gas operations.
Mr. Roberts is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he earned a bachelor�s degree in mineral engineering. |