Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced that Sunil Mathew, 53, was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of August 9, 2023. Mr. Mathew has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He most recently served as Vice President Strategic Planning, Analysis and Business Development since April 2020 where he directed the Company?s planning and global business development functions and supported management in the development of short and long-term plans, annual capital allocation and business unit-performance tracking.

He was instrumental in completing the Company?s large-scale divestiture program of approximately $10 billion that was announced after the Anadarko acquisition. Prior to that, Mr. Mathew was Vice President, Strategic Planning and Analysis of the Company since 2014. Mr. Mathew joined the Company in 2004 and has held positions of increasing responsibility with the planning group in Qatar and the Corporate Planning and Analysis function in Los Angeles and Houston.

Prior to joining the Company, he worked for Schlumberger in the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Mathew holds a Bachelor?s degree in Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India, and an MBA from T.A. Pai Management Institute, India.