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Corporate Officers
Lydia I. Beebe, 57
Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer
since 1995. Responsible for managing the Corporate
Governance Department, counseling the Board of
Directors and senior management on corporate
governance, and overseeing stockholder services for
Chevron and its subsidiaries. Previously Senior Manager,
Chevron Tax Department. Joined Chevron in 1977.
John E. Bethancourt, 58
Executive Vice President, Technology and Services,
since 2003. Responsible also for the Project Resource
Company; procurement; health, environment and safety;
business and real estate services; and mining operations.
Previously the company’s Vice President, Human
Resources, and Texaco Corporate Vice President and
President, Production Operations. Joined the company
in 1974.
Pierre R. Breber, 45
Vice President and Treasurer since 2009. Previously
Vice President, Finance, Global Downstream; Comptroller,
International Upstream; Manager, Finance, Europe
Upstream Strategic Business Unit; and Manager,
Investor Relations. Joined the company in 1989.
Matthew J. Foehr, 52
Vice President and Comptroller since April 2010.
Responsible for corporatewide accounting, financial
reporting and analysis, internal controls, and Finance
Shared Services. Previously Vice President, Finance,
Global Upstream and Gas, and Vice President, Finance,
Global Downstream. Joined Chevron in 1982.
John D. Gass, 58
Corporate Vice President and President, Chevron
Global Gas, since 2003. Responsible for the company’s
natural gas business, shipping company, power and
pipeline operations. Director of Sasol Chevron. Previously
Managing Director, Southern Africa Strategic Business
Unit, and Managing Director, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd.
Joined the company in 1974.
R. Hewitt Pate, 47
Vice President and General Counsel since August 2009.
Responsible for the company’s worldwide legal affairs
and compliance. Previously Chair, Competition Practice,
Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C., and Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department
of Justice. Joined Chevron in 2009.
Jay R. Pryor, 52
Vice President, Corporate Business Development,
since 2006. Responsible for identifying and developing
new, large-scale upstream and downstream business
opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions.
Previously Managing Director, Nigeria/Mid-Africa
Strategic Business Unit and Chevron Nigeria Ltd.,
and Managing Director, Asia South Business Unit and
Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Ltd. Joined Chevron in 1979.
Thomas R. Schuttish, 62
General Tax Counsel since 2002. Responsible for guiding
and directing corporatewide tax activities and managing
Chevron’s Tax department. Previously the company’s
Assistant General Tax Counsel. Joined Chevron in 1980.
Patricia E. Yarrington, 54
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2009.
Serves on the San Francisco Federal Reserve’s Board
of Directors. Previously a Director, Chevron Phillips
Chemical Company LLC; Corporate Vice President and
Treasurer; Corporate Vice President, Policy, Government
and Public Affairs; Corporate Vice President, Strategic
Planning; President, Chevron Canada Limited; and
Comptroller, Chevron Products Company. Joined
Chevron in 1980.
Rhonda I. Zygocki, 52
Vice President, Policy, Government and Public Affairs,
since 2007. Oversees U.S. and international govern-
ment relations, all aspects of communications, and the
company’s worldwide efforts to protect and enhance its
reputation. Previously Corporate Vice President, Health,
Environment and Safety; Managing Director, Chevron
Australia Pty Ltd; and Adviser to the Chairman of the
Board, Chevron Corporation. Joined Chevron in 1980.
Paul K. Siegele, 51
Vice President, Strategic Planning, since 2008.
Responsible for advising senior management in setting
the company’s strategic direction, allocating capital
and other resources, and determining operating unit
performance measures and targets. Previously Vice
President, Deepwater Exploration and Projects, Chevron
North America Exploration and Production Company.
Joined the company in 1980.
Charles A. Taylor, 52
Vice President, Health, Environment and Safety (HES),
since 2007. Responsible for HES strategic planning and
issues management, compliance assurance, and emer-
gency response. Previously General Manager, Chevron
Nigeria Limited/Nigerian National Petroleum Company
joint venture. Joined the company in 1980.
Michael K. Wirth, 49
Executive Vice President, Global Downstream,
since 2006. Responsible for worldwide manufacturing,
marketing, lubricants, supply and trading, chemicals and
Oronite additives. Previously President, Global Supply
and Trading; President, Marketing, Asia/Middle East/
Africa Strategic Business Unit; and President, Marketing,
Caltex Corporation. Joined Chevron in 1982.
Executive Committee
John S. Watson, George L. Kirkland, John E. Bethancourt,
Charles A. James, R. Hewitt Pate, Michael K. Wirth and
Patricia E. Yarrington. Lydia I. Beebe, Secretary.
Charles A. James, 55*
Executive Vice President since 2009. Previously
Chevron Vice President and General Counsel; Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department
of Justice; and Chair, Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Practice — Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C.
Joined Chevron in 2002.
*Retiring effective May 2010.
Joe W. Laymon, 57
Vice President, Human Resources, since 2008.
Responsible for the company’s global human resources
and medical services function. Previously Group Vice
President, Corporate Human Resources and Labor Affairs,
Ford Motor Company. Joined the company in 2008.
John W. McDonald, 58
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since
2008. Responsible for Chevron’s three technology
companies: Energy Technology, Information Technology
and Technology Ventures. Previously Corporate Vice
President, Strategic Planning; President and Managing
Director, Chevron Upstream Europe, Chevron Overseas
Petroleum Inc.; and Vice President, Gulf of Mexico
Offshore Division, Texaco Exploration and Production.
Joined the company in 1975.
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