Imperial Oil Ltd., Calgary has appointed Cheryl Gomez-Smith as senior vice-president, upstream, effective May 1, 2024. Gomez-Smith, currently director of safety and risk, ExxonMobil Global Operations and Sustainability, succeeds Simon Younger, who has been appointed lead country manager and general manager Australia conventional, ExxonMobil Upstream.
Gomez-Smith began her career in 1990 as a facilities engineer in Midland, Tex., and has held various technical and leadership roles of increasing responsibility in the US, Qatar, Russia, and Kazakhstan, where she served as lead country manager.
Younger began his career with Esso Australia, an ExxonMobil affiliate, in 1997 as a rotating equipment engineer supporting both offshore and onshore assets. He has held roles in Australia, the US, Nigeria, and Canada.