Marathon Oil appoints Dane Whitehead as CFO

Staff Writer | Houston, Tx., USA | Friday February 24, 2017 8:09AM ET

Marathon Oil Corporation, a petroleum and natural gas company, announced that Dane Whitehead has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer from March 6, 2017.

Mr. Whitehead has most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of both EP Energy Corp. and EP Energy LLC since May 2012.

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Mr. Whitehead was senior vice president of Strategy and Enterprise Business Development and a member of El Paso Corporation’s executive committee from 2009 to 2012.

He joined El Paso Exploration & Production Company as senior vice president and CFO in 2006.

Prior to that, Mr. Whitehead was vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Burlington Resources Inc., and formerly senior vice president and CFO of Burlington Resources Canada.

Mr. Whitehead began his career as an independent accountant with Coopers and Lybrand.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Washington, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. ■