Ryan M. Lance is chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips, the world’s largest independent exploration and production company based on production and reserves. He has held this position since 2012.
Ryan is a petroleum engineer with 32 years of oil and natural gas industry experience in senior management and technical positions with ConocoPhillips, predecessor Phillips Petroleum and various divisions of ARCO. His past executive assignments with ConocoPhillips have included responsibility for international exploration and production, regional responsibility at various times for Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America, and responsibility for technology, major projects, downstream strategy, integration, and specialty functions.
Ryan serves as chairman of the Executive Committee for ConocoPhillips. He is an advocate for charities benefiting youth through his service on the board of Spindletop Charities. Ryan also serves on the board of directors for the Montana Tech Foundation, and the advisory council of the University of Texas Energy Institute.
He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in Butte in 1984.
Ryan and his wife Lisa have a son and a daughter.