ConocoPhillips Announces Matt Fox to Retire After 35 Years with the Company
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) announces the retirement of Matt Fox, executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective May 1, 2021. Fox, who spent 35 years with the company, significantly contributed to its transformation as an independent exploration and production firm, especially after the spinoff of its downstream operations in 2012. His leadership in operations and strategic functions, including the recent acquisition of Concho Resources, has been vital for ConocoPhillips. The company acknowledges his valuable contributions and wishes him well in retirement.
- Significant contributions to the company's transformation as an independent E&P firm.
- Leadership in successful operations and strategic activities, including the acquisition of Concho Resources.
- None.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced the retirement of Matt Fox as executive vice president and chief operating officer after a successful 35-year career with the company. The retirement is effective on May 1, 2021.
Fox began his career with Conoco as a reservoir engineer and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility until becoming a member of the executive leadership team at the time of ConocoPhillips’ spinoff of its downstream operations in 2012. Since then, he has led operations, exploration, technical functions, business development and strategic activities across the company.
“I want to thank Matt for his many contributions over the course of his career with ConocoPhillips, but especially as a member of our executive leadership team,” said Ryan Lance, chairman and chief executive officer. “Matt has played a valuable role in helping to guide our successful transformation as an independent E&P company through his technical and mentoring work in decision analysis and capital allocation processes, as well as his support of numerous portfolio high-grading accomplishments, including the recent acquisition of Concho Resources. I wish Matt the very best in retirement.”
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Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 15 countries,
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(Concho); the impact of competition and consolidation in the oil and gas industry; limited access to capital or significantly higher cost of capital related to illiquidity or uncertainty in the domestic or international financial markets; general domestic and international economic and political conditions; the ability to successfully integrate the operations of Concho with our operations and achieve the anticipated benefits from the transaction; unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to the Concho transaction; changes in fiscal regime or tax, environmental and other laws applicable to our business; and disruptions resulting from extraordinary weather events, civil unrest, war, terrorism or a cyber attack; and other economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting our business generally as set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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