Mr. Shane Harris Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil, Nigeria
ExxonMobil has appointed Mr. Shane Harris as chairman and managing director, and lead country manager of its three affiliates in Nigeria: Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Offshore East).
Harris succeeds Mr. Richard Laing, who is retiring from the company after 33 years of service, effective July 1, 2023. Prior to his appointment, Harris was chairman and president of ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Incorporated.
“It is a privilege to lead the ExxonMobil team in Nigeria and build on the work that Richard Laing has done over the last three years,” said Shane Harris. “I look forward to the work that lies ahead and continuing the company’s outstanding relationships.”
Since joining ExxonMobil in 1998, Harris has held a variety of leadership, engineering and business assignments in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Russia and the United States. In two of these previous assignments, he served as asset manager for Imperial Oil’s Kearl oil sands mining asset in northern Alberta, Canada, and as ExxonMobil’s global drilling technical manager in Houston.
Harris is Australian and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
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