ExxonMobil appoints new MD

The Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a subsidiary of United States-based ExxonMobil, on Friday announced the appointment of Mr. Paul McGrath as the new Chairman and Managing Director.

The appointment according to Oge Udeagha, Manager, Media and Communications, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited in a statement to NEWSVERGE takes effect from March 1, 2017.

McGrath will succeed Mr. Nolan O’Neal, who has elected to retire after 34 years of service, according to a statement signed by the company’s Manager, Media and Communications, Mr. Oge Udeagha.

The statement said McGrath was most recently a senior executive in charge of project execution for ExxonMobil Development Company, based in Houston, Texas.

“He joined ExxonMobil in 1999 and has held a variety of technical and managerial positions in upstream and downstream operations while working in the United Kingdom, Korea, Qatar, Australia and the United States,” it added.