(EnergyAsia, February 28 2013, Thursday) — Exxon Mobil Corporation said its board is expected to appoint Tom Walters as president of ExxonMobil Production Company and Rob Franklin as president of ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company from March 1.

Mr Walters, the president of ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company and a vice president of the corporation, succeeds Rich Kruger, who was appointed by the board of directors of Imperial Oil Limited as chairman, president and CEO.

An engineer, Mr Walters joined Exxon USA in 1978 in Los Angeles and has held a variety of technical and managerial positions in production, operations, development and global services.

Mr Franklin, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures and a vice president of the corporation, joined Mobil North Sea Ltd in 1981 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and has held a variety of technical and managerial positions in exploration and production and gas marketing.