John Whelan
About John Whelan
John Whelan is the Senior Vice President of Conventional and Heavy Oil at ExxonMobil and holds various leadership roles in the oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience in engineering and project management, with a background in mechanical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Company
John Whelan currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Conventional and Heavy Oil at ExxonMobil. He has been in this role since 2020, working from Houston, Texas, USA. ExxonMobil is a global leader in the oil and gas industry, specializing in the exploration, production, and distribution of energy resources.
Title
John holds the title of Senior Vice President, Conventional and Heavy Oil at ExxonMobil. In addition, he is the Vice Chair of the Board of Governors and Chair of the Project Oversight Committee at the Glenbow Museum. He also serves as a Director and Management Committee Member at the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP).
Education and Expertise
John Whelan completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, graduating in 1988. He has furthered his education with executive programs: Global Leader Forum at Columbia University in 2011, New Leader Program at Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2005, and Enterprise Leadership Program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002. His education has provided him with a strong foundation in leadership and management.
Background
John Whelan has an extensive background in the oil and gas industry, beginning his career as a Subsurface Engineer at Mobil Oil in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada from 1988 to 1990. He moved to Kvaerner in Stavanger, Norway and worked in engineering and project management from 1991 to 1998. He then joined ExxonMobil as Manager of Planning and Commercial in Houston, Texas from 1999 to 2013. Following that, he worked at Imperial Oil as Senior Vice President, Upstream in Calgary, Alberta from 2013 to 2020, and also served on the Board of Directors at Syncrude Canada Ltd. during the same period.
Achievements
John has played significant roles in various organizations, including his contributions to the Engineering and Applied Science Advisory Council at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His leadership roles extend to the Glenbow Museum, where he spearheads the Project Oversight Committee. At IOGP, he serves on the Management Committee, providing strategic direction to the organization.