Chevron Corporation today named Jeanette L. Ourada as their new corporate vice president and comptroller effective April 1. Ourada succeeds Matthew J. Foehr, who will retire after 33 years with the company.
Ourada, 49, will oversee corporate-wide accounting, financial reporting and analysis, and internal controls. She will also lead Finance Shared Services, the organization she has led since July 2013.
Since joining Chevron as part of the Unocal acquisition in 2005, Ourada has held a series of leadership roles within the finance organization. Before assuming her current role as the general manager of Finance Shared Services, Ourada served as assistant treasurer, operating company support and intercompany financing. She has also served as Chevron's general manager of investor relations, the general manager of finance for Chevron's Asia South Business Unit in Bangkok, Thailand and was responsible for Chevron International Exploration and Production Company's forecasting and reporting group. Before joining Chevron, Ourada held positions at Atlantic Richfield, Universal Studios and Weyerhaeuser.
Foehr, 57, began working at Chevron in 1982. In 2003, Foehr was appointed vice president of finance for Chevron's Global Downstream business. He was named to his current position in 2010.