Lee Ahlstrom, IRC

Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Strategy and Planning, Paragon Offshore

NIRI Board Member
Lee M. Ahlstrom is Paragon Offshore’s Senior Vice President – Investor Relations, Strategy and Planning. Paragaon is a spin-off from Noble Corporation. He served as Senior Vice President – Strategic Development of Noble Corporation since May 2011 and in this capacity, Ahlstrom has been responsible for evaluating and developing strategic alternatives and initiatives for the Company. He joined the company in May 2006 and served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning.

Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Ahlstrom served as the Director of Investor Relations at Burlington Resources, Inc. which was acquired by ConocoPhillips Company in March, 2006. Before joining Burlington, Mr. Ahlstrom worked for Unocal Corporation in a variety of roles including the Manager of Strategy and Planning for the Deepwater, U.S.A. business unit, Manager of Investor Relations, and Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ahlstrom led the effort to integrate Unocal’s North American assets and people into Chevron’s upstream business when those businesses were merged in 2005.

From 1998 to 2002, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, the premier management consulting firm, serving clients in the petroleum, services, and venture capital industries. Mr. Ahlstrom began his career with Exxon where he held a variety of engineering positions. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.