Neil Duffin has been appointed president of ExxonMobil Production Company and was elected to serve as a vice president of the ExxonMobil Corporation. Duffin joined Mobil in 1979 and has held a variety of managerial positions in production, operations, and development. In 1992, he was named producing advisor for Europe and Africa. In 1995, he was named manager of Mobil's operations in the northern UK North Sea, and in 1998 he was named senior vice president of Mobil Oil Indonesia. Duffin became vice president of ExxonMobil Production for Africa in 1999. He became vice president of ExxonMobil Development Company in 2006 and was elected as president of that company the following year.
Duffin holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Heriot Watt University.