Pantheon Resources Appoints Max Easley as Chief Executive Officer
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Pantheon Resources has appointed Max Easley as chief executive officer, succeeding Jay Cheatham. Easley will be appointed as a member of the Pantheon board of directors effective February 28, 2025, while Cheatham will continue to serve the company as a non-executive director for a period of handover to Easley.
“Pantheon will benefit from Max Easley’s more than 30 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry, particularly his experience on Alaska’s North Slope and successful Permian and Montney developments. This deep industry expertise, coupled with his strategic judgment and performance track record make him the ideal candidate to execute upon Pantheon’s strategy. Under Easley’s leadership, the company will be well positioned to shift from an exploration to a development and production company in short order,” said David Hobbs, executive chairman of Pantheon Resources.
“I also want to express my personal gratitude to Jay Cheatham, who was a key member of the search committee. Jay has been a well-respected colleague, friend, and key to the company’s successes to-date. We would not be where we are but for his calm determination since he was appointed some 17 years ago. Few could have shown more grit, and Jay hands over a Pantheon that is primed to deliver on what we consider the most exciting development program anywhere in North America,” added Hobbs.
A native-born Alaskan, Max Easley brings more than thirty years of experience as a highly respected energy executive, drawing on extensive domestic and international experience in the upstream industry. Over the course of his career, Easley has held executive rolls at BP, Apache Corporation, and PETRONAS Canada.
Easley graduated from the University of Alaska in 1991 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. Following his early days learning his trade as a petroleum engineer at Prudhoe Bay, he worked overseas for over a decade, primarily in the UK and Trinidad, in a variety of technical, financial and leadership roles before returning to Alaska as senior vice president of Resource Development for BP Alaska. Over the past decade, he has been a driving force in the capital efficient appraisal, development and production of unconventional resources both in the Permian Basin in Texas and the Montney in British Columbia.
The appointment of Easley is another key step in the development of the board and governance in preparation for a possible U.S. listing. The company expects to evolve the board further as it executes on this strategy.
“I appreciate the confidence the board of directors has shown in selecting me to lead Pantheon at this critical inflection point in the company’s history. Jay and the team have done a fantastic job exploring, appraising and de-risking a material resource in a very advantaged location. I look forward to transitioning the company to development and production of these resources at pace for the benefit of both our shareholders, and the state of Alaska,” said Max Easley, incoming chief executive officer of Pantheon Resources.
Pantheon Resources is an oil and gas company focused on developing its 100 percent owned Ahpun and Kodiak fields located on state of Alaska land on the North Slope.
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