Mark Albers will retire from his position as senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation effective 1 April, after more than 38 years of service. Albers was elected to his current position in 2007, having previously held a variety of managerial positions in development, operations, production, and engineering. He joined Exxon USA in 1979 and, after several assignments in Texas and New Mexico, was transferred to Esso Australia in 1991. Albers held positions as Alaska interests manager and production manager for the Western US. In 2001, he became vice president, Chad/Nigeria, for ExxonMobil Development Company, and later served as executive assistant to the chairman at headquarters in Irving, Texas, prior to becoming president of ExxonMobil Development Company in October 2004.
Albers holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University.