Lara Conrad

As Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Ms. Conrad is responsible for connecting ARC’s subsurface development of the core operations with ARC’s business development activities and capital plan to enhance the long-term strategy. With more than 20 years of energy industry experience, Ms. Conrad brings technical and strategic expertise in all aspects of the energy lifecycle from exploration to production. After she joined ARC in 2011, she has taken on various technical and leadership roles including leadership of engineering, geosciences, joint ventures, mineral land, business development, strategic planning, reserves, and legal. Most recently, she was ARC’s Senior Vice President, Development from 2020 to 2021. Prior to joining ARC, she led fiscal, regulatory, and environmental policy at a major Canadian crude oil and natural gas producer.

In 2020, Ms. Conrad was named to the Global Female Influencer 275 list by the Energy Council. She is the 2022 United Way of Calgary and Area Campaign Co-Chair and has been an active volunteer with the United Way for more than five years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo; a Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School, Executive Education; and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).