Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization Obsidian Energy
Gender Male
Mr. David E. Roberts, Jr. has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Penn West Petroleum Ltd., effective June 19, 2013. Mr. Roberts brings more than 30 years of operational experience in the upstream oil and gas business most recently as former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Marathon Oil
Corporation. His knowledge and successes on such a very large scale make him a welcome addition to the senior management team at Penn West. Mr. Roberts also served as Marathon's Executive Vice President Upstream for a number of years after joining Marathon in 2006 as Senior Vice President Business Development. He previously served as Executive Vice President/Managing Director for BG Group plc. with responsibility for Asia and the Middle East. Prior to joining BG Group, he served as advisor to the Vice Chairman of ChevronTexaco Corporation from 2001 to 2003, where he provided strategic and operational advice to executive management regarding the company's upstream operations. Dave built his early skills with Texaco, where he held a number of key operational and strategic planning roles over an 18 year period.
