Peter Robertson to retire after distinguished 35-year career;
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2009--
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that Chevron Vice
Chairman Peter J. Robertson will retire from the company and its board
after more than 35 years of distinguished company service. Robertson
will be succeeded by John S. Watson, currently executive vice president
of Strategy and Development.
The company also named Charles A. James, currently vice president and
general counsel, executive vice president of Chevron Corporation. These
executive changes are effective April 1.
“By any measure, Peter’s contributions inside and outside Chevron have
been remarkable,” said Chevron chairman and chief executive officer Dave
O’Reilly. “As vice chairman, Peter established himself as one of our
industry’s most tireless, passionate and effective emissaries. For me
personally, Peter has been a valued partner and a tremendous source of
support in helping lead Chevron.”
Robertson, 62, joined Chevron in 1973. Over the course of his career, he
advanced through a number of leadership positions in finance, strategic
planning, exploration and production. He was appointed vice president,
Finance, for Chevron U.S.A. in 1989, and president of Warren Petroleum
Co. (Chevron’s former natural gas liquids subsidiary) in 1991. In 1994,
he was appointed vice president, Strategic Planning, for Chevron
Corporation. He held this post until being named president of Chevron
U.S.A. Production Company in 1997. In 2000, Robertson became president
of Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. He has served as vice chairman since
2002.
Robertson is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He holds several
leadership positions with various organizations, including United Way of
the Bay Area, the Bay Area Council, the U.S.-Russia Business Council,
Resources for the Future, and the American Petroleum Institute. He
serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the Global Business Coalition
on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He is past chairman of the U.S.
Energy Association, co-chairman of the U.S.- Saudi Arabian Business
Council, and vice chairman of the Leon Sullivan Foundation.
Watson, 52, joined the company in 1980 as a financial analyst after
earning a master's degree in business administration from the University
of Chicago. He assumed his current position in 2008. As vice chairman,
Watson will add Corporate Compliance and Policy, Government and Public
Affairs to his broad portfolio of responsibilities that includes
Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Planning,
Procurement and the Project Resources Company, which supports the
development of major capital projects with Chevron.
“John’s breadth of corporate and operational experience, combined with
his strategic vision, make him ideally qualified to assume this
important leadership position,” O’Reilly said.
Since joining the company, Watson has held positions of increasing
responsibility. He was appointed president of Chevron Canada Ltd. in
January 1996 and in February 1998 became vice president, Strategic
Planning, for Chevron Corporation. Watson served as the integration
executive for the merger of Chevron and Texaco, and in October 2001 he
was named vice president and chief financial officer of the corporation.
He became president of Chevron International Exploration and Production
in 2005, where he oversaw the company’s production and exploration
activities outside the United States.
James, 54, will assume the expanded responsibility of executive vice
president of Chevron Corporation, overseeing the company’s Legal,
Corporate Governance, Human Resources and Security organizations. James
joined Chevron in 2002 after serving as assistant attorney general in
charge of the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Earlier in his career, James practiced law at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
in Washington, D.C., where he chaired the firm’s worldwide antitrust and
trade regulation practice.
Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading integrated energy
companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The
company’s success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of
approximately 62,000 employees who operate across the energy spectrum.
Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas;
refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and other energy
products; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power
and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions;
and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and
other renewables. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information
about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
Source: Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Dave Samson, 1-925-842-2615 (San Ramon)
