Houston-based Noble Energy elected David L. Stover as president and chief executive officer.
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Stover previously served as the company's president and chief operating officer.
Stover succeeds Charles D. Davidson, who will retire on 1 May 2015.
Davidson will continue to serve as the Noble’s chairman until the 2015 annual meeting at which time he will be leaving the board of directors. At that time, Noble’s board intends to elect Stover as chairman of the board.
Noble also announced that Susan M. Cunningham has been elected executive vice president responsible for Noble Energy's global exploration, new ventures, frontier, environmental, health, safety, regulatory and business innovation activities. In addition, Gary W. Willingham has been elected executive vice president responsible for Noble Energy's global production, drilling, major projects and supply chain activities. Both Cunningham and Willingham will report directly to Stover.