Sherman Glass to Retire as President of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company; Expected Appointment of Darren Woods as President of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company
Mr. S.J. (Sherman) Glass, Jr., president, ExxonMobil
Refining & Supply Company, and vice president, Exxon Mobil Corporation
(NYSE:XOM), has elected to retire on Aug. 1, 2012, after more than 40
years of service.
It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation
will appoint Mr. D.W. (Darren) Woods as president of ExxonMobil Refining
& Supply Company and elect him a vice president of the corporation,
effective Aug. 1, 2012. Mr. Woods is currently vice president, Supply &
Transportation, ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company.
Mr. Glass began his career in 1972 as an engineer at the Baytown
refinery in Texas. Following a number of technical and management roles
in the refining business of Exxon Company USA, he became vice president,
Basic Chemicals, Americas, Exxon Chemical Company, in 1993, and in 1996
transferred to Brussels as vice president, Basic Chemicals Europe.
He then held a number of other senior positions, including manager
refining, Exxon Company International, responsible for Exxon's refining
business outside North America. In 2001, Mr. Glass became general
manager, Corporate Planning, Exxon Mobil Corporation, before being
appointed president, ExxonMobil Global Services Company in 2002. Mr.
Glass was appointed senior vice president, Basic Chemicals,
Intermediates & Synthetics, ExxonMobil Chemical Company in 2005 and
president of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company in 2008.
Mr. Glass was born in Houston, TX and is a graduate of Georgia Institute
of Technology, holding both bachelor′s and master′s degrees in chemical
engineering.
Mr. Woods, 47, joined Exxon Company International in 1992 and had
assignments in planning, supply and new business development at Exxon
Company International headquarters in New Jersey before moving to the
United Kingdom in 1995, where he held positions in refinery operations,
retail and supply and distribution.
In 2001, he became manager of Investor Relations for Exxon Mobil
Corporation and in 2002 became manager of Joliet refinery outside
Chicago, IL. Mr. Woods was appointed vice president of ExxonMobil
Chemical Company′s Adhesion business in 2005 and vice president for
Specialty Elastomers in 2007. He was appointed director of refining for
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for ExxonMobil Refining & Supply
Company in 2008 and vice president of Supply & Transportation in 2010.
Mr. Woods was born in Wichita, KS, has a bachelor′s degree in electrical
engineering from Texas A&M University and a master′s degree in business
administration from Northwestern University′s Kellogg School of
Management.
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