Peter J. Robertson is vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corporation. He is responsible for directing the company's worldwide exploration, production and global gas business. He assumed his present position January 1, 2002.
Previously, he was vice president of ChevronTexaco Corp. and president of ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum,a position he assumed in October 2001 upon the formation of ChevronTexaco Corp. He was responsible for managing ChevronTexaco's exploration and production activities outside North America.
Mr. Robertson is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Edinburgh University, and he has a master's degreein business administration from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, where he attended as a Thouron Scholar.
He joined Chevron in 1973 and, after a variety of analytical assignments, was named manager of internal audit for the company's European operations in 1977.He became comptroller for Chevron Oil Europe in London in 1980. From 1983 to 1986, he held positions with increasing responsibility and was named comptroller of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. in 1987. In October 1989, he was elected vice president of finance for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
In October 1991, Mr. Robertson was named president of Warren Petroleum Co., Chevron's former natural gas liquids subsidiary, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three years later, he was elected a vice president of Chevron Corp., responsible for strategic planning and the company's total quality improvement activities.
In October 1996, he was named executive vice president of Chevron U.S.A. (CUSA) Production Co. In March 1997, Mr. Robertson was elected president of CUSA and a vice president of Chevron Corp., responsible for Chevron's North American exploration and production operations in areas such as Canada, Alaska, California, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.
In January 2000, he was named president of Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. (COPI). At COPI, he was responsible for directing Chevron's oil exploration and production activities around the world.
Mr. Robertson is a director of Sasol Chevron Holdings Ltd., the United Way of the Bay Area, International House Berkeley, the U.S.-Russian Business Council, the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council and the American Petroleum Institute. He has served as chairman of the American Petroleum Institute's Upstream Committee. He also is past director of Dynegy Inc. and of Caltex Petroleum Corp.
