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Feb 13 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil IMO.TO said on
Thursday that CEO Brad Corson will retire, with John Whelan,
currently ExxonMobil Canada's upstream senior vice president,
taking his place on May 8.
Imperial Oil is majority-owned by Exxon XOM.N .
Corson was appointed CEO of Imperial Oil in 2020 but started
his career with Exxon in 1983 in Louisiana and rose to become
vice president of Exxon's global upstream acquisition and
divestment programs.
Whelan also began his career with Exxon in 1988 in Alberta,
Canada, and for a while was Imperial's senior vice president of
upstream operations.
(Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio
D'Souza)
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