News 2016
April 2016ExxonMobil Appoints New Managing Director of ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Inc.
In January 2016, Exxon Mobil Corporation, a leading international oil and gas major, announced the appointment of Mrs. Cheryl Gomez-Smith as Managing Director of its Kazakhstan affiliate, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Inc. She succeeds Bruno Jardin, who has headed the affiliate since 2013.
Cheryl began her career with Exxon in 1990 as a Facilities Engineer in Texas and has held various technical and leadership roles of increasing responsibility in the USA, Qatar, and Russia. She has onshore and offshore experience in Facilities engineering, Reservoir engineering, Construction & Projects development and execution, and Operations Management.
For over two years prior to this assignment Cheryl was a Producing Operations Manager in ExxonMobil Global Operations, responsible for development, execution, and sustainment of ExxonMobil Global Best Practices. In 2009-2013 Cheryl was the Operations Manager for Exxon Neftegas Ltd, operator of the Sakhalin-1 project in Russia. In this role she was responsible for ExxonMobil’s production operations business and engineering in the Russian Far East.
Cheryl is an American citizen and graduated from the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and from Tulane University (Louisiana, USA) with an MBA.
ExxonMobil has more than 20 yearsof continuous business involvement in Kazakhstan.The company owns a 25% interest in the Tengizchevroil joint venture, which operates the giant Tengiz field, 16.81% in the North Caspian Production Sharing Agreement that includes the world-class Kashagan field, and a 7.5% interest in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. With volume of investment surpassing $10 billion to date, ExxonMobil is committed to remain one of largest foreign investors in the Republic.