Ipieca appoints ExxonMobil’s Paul Krishna as new Chair

Ipieca has appointed ExxonMobil’s Paul Krishna as its new Chair. Paul has been an active member of Ipieca since 2009. Prior to his appointment as Chair, Paul was Ipieca’s Vice Chair for two years and has previously served as Chair of Ipieca’s Reporting Working Group. He takes over the position of Chair following the retirement of Equinor’s Morten Mikkelsen.

Paul brings 35 years of oil and gas industry experience to his role as Ipieca Chair, which he will carry out in conjunction with his current position as ExxonMobil Corporation Sustainability Manager.

During his 30 years with ExxonMobil, Paul has held senior leadership positions across its environment, sustainability and health and safety units. Prior to his current role, Paul was Environment, Regulatory and Socioeconomics Manger. Previously he has held posts including Environmental Programmes Manager, Environmental Engineer and Production Geologist.

Commenting on his appointment, Ipieca Chair Paul Krishna said ‘For me, this opportunity could not come at a more exciting time in our industry’s history. As the energy system evolves, the need for collaboration has never been greater. It is a privilege to serve as Chair of an organization that brings together world leading sustainability experts from its member companies with their counterparts in various sectors to share knowledge and develop good practice to contribute to a sustainable energy transition that enhances people’s lives and cares for nature.’

Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan, said ‘I am delighted to welcome Paul as Ipieca’s new Chair. Paul’s understanding of Ipieca combined with 35 years of international experience in the industry covering a number of sustainability, environmental and health and safety leadership positions makes him ideal for this role.

‘In addition to congratulating Paul on his appointment, I would like to thank our outgoing Chair Morten Mikkelsen (Equinor). He steered Ipieca through the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19 and oversaw a period of great organizational development, during which Ipieca continued to grow its membership, expanded its scope to support the environmental and social performance of renewables and introduced the Ipieca Principles as a condition of membership.’