ExxonMobil Names Jon Gibbs to Lead New Global Operations Division

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) announced a major reorganization that will centralize its operations into a new entity, ExxonMobil Global Operations, effective in 2026, as part of its continuing effort to improve efficiency and execution across its business units.

The restructuring will consolidate operations supporting ExxonMobil’s Product Solutions, Low Carbon Solutions, and Upstream businesses into one unified organization. The move builds on a broader operating model introduced in 2019, which has already combined the company’s projects, technology, and supply chain functions under global structures.

As part of the reorganization, Jon M. Gibbs, currently president of ExxonMobil Global Projects Company, will be promoted to Senior President of ExxonMobil Global Operations effective January 1, 2026. Staale Gjervik, who currently serves as president of ExxonMobil Supply Chain, will take over Gibbs’ role as President of ExxonMobil Global Projects Company.

CEO Darren W. Woods said the centralization reflects ExxonMobil’s commitment to “execution excellence,” leveraging decades of operational expertise to enhance safety, reliability, and environmental performance across its global portfolio.

Gibbs, who joined Exxon Company USA in 1993, has held senior leadership roles across Nigeria, Angola, and Indonesia, and returned to Houston in 2016 as Vice President of Upstream. He led ExxonMobil Global Services from 2019 before becoming head of the Global Projects Company in 2021.

Gjervik began his career in Norway in 1998 and has led operations in the United States, Angola, Norway, the U.K., and Nigeria. Before his current role overseeing global supply chain operations, he also served as president of the Global Services Company.

This latest restructuring underscores ExxonMobil’s ongoing organizational transformation, designed to improve capital efficiency, enhance integration between business lines, and support its low-carbon strategy. Since 2019, the company has progressively streamlined its structure to better align with global operational demands and its energy transition goals.

ExxonMobil remains one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, with major positions across oil, gas, chemicals, and low-carbon technologies. The company continues to advance its 2030 targets to cut Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity by up to 30% and achieve deep reductions in methane and flaring intensity.

By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com

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