Ørsted appointed Trond Westlie as CFO and executive board member and Patrick Harnett as COO following company difficulties in 2023, including a $4 billion impairment charge in third-quarter 2023.
Barton R. Brookman previously served as President and CEO of PDC Energy and James B. Lebeck served as senior vice president and general counsel since January 2023.
Diamondback Energy’s leadership changes follow the company’s previously announced $26 billion merger with Endeavor Energy.
Murphy Oil has promoted Eric M. Hambly to president and COO and E. Ted Botner to executive vice president. Both will continue to report to CEO Roger W. Jenkins.
TPG Rise Climate was launched in 2021 to make investments across asset classes in climate solutions globally.
Richard Sherill will serve as president of Howard Energy Partners’ low carbon solutions division, while also serving on Talos Energy’s board.
Before becoming BP’s interim CFO in September 2023, Kate Thomson served as senior vice president of finance for production and operations.
SBM Offshore’s Bruno Chabas is stepping down as CEO; the board has appointed Øivind Tangen as his successor, effective in April.
Barbara Pickering will succeed Mark Ross as president of Chevron Shipping Co.
The appointment of Patricia Melcher to NOV Inc.’s board brings the number of directors to nine, eight of which are independent.