ExxonMobil Nigeria Appoints Paul McGrath New MD

By Dipo Olowookere

Mr Paul McGrath has been announced as the new Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Nigeria.

A statement issued Friday by the company’s Manager of Media and Communication, Mr Ogechukwu Udeagha, disclosed that the appointment of Mr McGrath takes effect from Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

It was revealed that Mr McGrath is taking over from Mr Nolan O’Neal, who retires after 34 years of service.

According to the statement, Mr McGrath was a senior executive in charge of project execution for ExxonMobil Development Company, based in Houston, Texas.

He joined ExxonMobil in 1999 and had held a variety of technical and managerial positions in upstream and downstream operations while working in the U.K, Korea, Qatar, Australia and the U.S.