Jay Johnson named SVP, Upstream; Joe Geagea named SVP, Technology,
Projects and Services
Pierre Breber named corporate vice president and president, Chevron
Gas and Midstream
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2013--
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced that it is making three
key appointments to its executive team and realigning its existing
technology and services organizations.
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, Jay Johnson becomes senior vice president,
Upstream, and Joe Geagea becomes senior vice president, Technology,
Projects and Services. The new roles will report to George Kirkland,
vice chairman and executive vice president, Upstream. Also effective
Jan. 1, 2014, Pierre Breber becomes corporate vice president and
president, Chevron Gas and Midstream, reporting to John Watson, chairman
of the board and chief executive officer. Following Kirkland’s planned
retirement in 2015, consistent with the company’s mandatory retirement
policy, Johnson and Geagea will report to Watson.
“These appointments ensure a smooth transition in our upstream business
and simplify the delivery of technology and services to all of our
businesses,” Watson said. “Jay, Joe and Pierre are experienced leaders
who will enhance a very effective leadership team.”
Johnson, 54, currently is president of Chevron’s Europe, Eurasia and
Middle East Exploration and Production Company, based in London. He
joined Chevron in 1981 and previously has been managing director of the
Australia and Eurasia upstream business units.
Johnson will lead an upstream organization that continues to have four
regional operating companies:
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Todd Levy will replace Johnson in London as president of Europe,
Eurasia and Middle East Exploration and Production Company. Levy
currently leads a key Chevron upstream support organization and has
wide-ranging upstream experience with past assignments for the company
in Kazakhstan, Angola, Australia and the United States.
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Melody Meyer continues as president of Asia Pacific Exploration and
Production Company, based in Singapore.
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Ali Moshiri continues as president of Africa and Latin America
Exploration and Production Company, based in Houston.
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Jeff Shellebarger continues as president of North America Exploration
and Production Company, based in Houston.
Geagea, 54, will lead a new organization composed of energy and
information technology, capital projects management, procurement,
upstream production services and workforce development organizations.
These groups will support the company’s upstream, downstream and
midstream businesses. Geagea, who joined Chevron in 1982, has held
positions in each of these three areas. He is the current president of
Chevron Gas and Midstream and previously was the managing director of
the Asia South upstream business unit and president of the company’s
downstream operations in East Africa, the Middle East and Pakistan.
Breber, 49, currently is managing director of the Asia South upstream
business unit, based in Bangkok, Thailand. He joined Chevron in 1989 and
previously has held senior roles in Chevron’s finance organization,
including corporate vice president and treasurer. He will lead a Gas and
Midstream business that was reorganized earlier this year to consolidate
trading operations and strengthen its support to the upstream and
downstream businesses.
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with
subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in
virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for,
produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and
distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; 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. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif.
More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
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Source: Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Kurt Glaubitz, San Ramon, +1 925-790-6928
