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ExxonMobil Nigeria today announced Mr. Shane Harris as the new Chairman and Managing Director in the country. Mr Ogechukwu Udeagha, the Manager, Media and Communications of ExxonMobil, announce this in a statement made available to newsmen in Eket.
He said that Harris will assume the role as lead country manager for ExxonMobil’s three affiliates in Nigeria due to Richard Laing’s retirement.
“ExxonMobil has appointed Mr. Shane Harris as chairman and managing director, and lead country manager of its three affiliates in Nigeria.“The three affiliates include; Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Offshore East),” he said.
Mr. Ogechukwu Udeagha said that Harris succeeds Laing, who is retiring from the company after 33 years of service, effective July 1.
Harris, prior to his appointment, was the 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.
“I look forward to the work that lies ahead and continuing the company’s outstanding relationships,” he said.
Harris joined ExxonMobil in 1998, He 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,” Udeagha said.
