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Attachment 2
Exhibit 99.1
| Policy, Government and Public Affairs | ||
| Chevron Corporation | ||
| P.O. Box 6078 | ||
| San Ramon, CA 94583-0778 | ||
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www.chevron.com |
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chevron Names John Watson Vice Chairman
Peter Robertson to retire after distinguished 35-year career;
Charles James named Executive Vice President
SAN RAMON, Calif., 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, Peters contributions inside and outside Chevron have been remarkable, said
Chevron chairman and chief executive officer Dave OReilly. As vice chairman, Peter established
himself as one of our industrys 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. (Chevrons 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.
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Watson, 52, joined the company in 1980 as a financial analyst after earning a masters 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.
Johns breadth of corporate and operational experience, combined with his strategic vision,
make him ideally qualified to assume this important leadership position, OReilly 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 companys production and exploration activities outside
the United States.
James, 54, will assume the expanded responsibility of executive vice president of Chevron
Corporation, overseeing the companys 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 firms
worldwide antitrust and trade regulation practice.
Chevron Corporation is one of the worlds leading integrated energy companies, with
subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The companys 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.
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Contact: DAVE SAMSON, SAN RAMON 1-925-842-2615
