ExxonMobil announces leadership changes

  • Jon Gibbs appointed Senior President, ExxonMobil Global Operations
  • Staale Gjervik appointed President, ExxonMobil Global Projects Company

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SPRING, Texas – Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) today announced operations supporting ExxonMobil Product Solutions, Low Carbon Solutions and Upstream businesses will be centralized into one organization, ExxonMobil Global Operations, in 2026. This move is a further evolution of the company’s operating model first rolled out in 2019 and in line with similar efforts to consolidate its projects, technology and supply chain teams into unified global organizations.

By consolidating our operations under a single global organization, we’re harnessing our deep experience, developed over a broad range of operations, to further strengthen our competitive advantage of 'execution excellence' and drive further improvements in safety, reliability, and environmental performance.
Darren W. Woods

CEO, ExxonMobil

Jon M. Gibbs, president of ExxonMobil Global Projects Company, will become senior president, ExxonMobil Global Operations effective January 1, 2026. Staale Gjervik, president, ExxonMobil Supply Chain, will succeed Gibbs as president, ExxonMobil Global Projects Company.

Gibbs joined Exxon Company USA in 1993 as an engineer and has held increasingly senior roles throughout his career, including management positions in Nigeria, Angola and Indonesia. Gibbs returned to Houston in 2016 as vice president, Upstream and was appointed president of ExxonMobil Global Services Company in 2019. He has been president, Global Project Company since 2021.

Gjervik, who has been president, ExxonMobil Supply Chain since May 2023, joined the company in 1998 in Norway as an engineer. Prior to his current role, Gjervik was president of the Global Services Company and previously held senior leader positions within Upstream in the United States, Angola, Norway, the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

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About ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy and petrochemical companies, creates solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs.

The corporation’s primary businesses - Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions – provide products that enable modern life, including energy, chemicals, lubricants, and lower emissions technologies. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading portfolio of resources, and is one of the largest integrated fuels, lubricants, and chemical companies in the world. ExxonMobil also owns and operates the largest CO2 pipeline network in the United States. In 2021, ExxonMobil announced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission-reduction plans for 2030 for operated assets, compared to 2016 levels. The plans are to achieve a 20-30% reduction in corporate-wide greenhouse gas intensity; a 40-50% reduction in greenhouse gas intensity of upstream operations; a 70-80% reduction in corporate-wide methane intensity; and a 60-70% reduction in corporate-wide flaring intensity.

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