Caltex CEO earns new chemical engineering post
Desmond King, CEO of Australian oil refining and marketing company, Caltex has been confirmed as IChemE’s (Institution of Chemical Engineers) Deputy President 2009-10.
He will officially assume the post at the Institution’s AGM in May and succeed current Deputy President, Ian Shott as IChemE President in 2010.
King has a degree in chemical engineering from Imperial College London, UK and a PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has spent much of his career at Chevron, working his way from process researcher via refinery manager to key roles in technology, marketing and strategic planning.
King has been CEO of the Chevron subsidiary, Caltex since 2006, prior to which he was general manager of Chevron’s Pembroke refinery in Wales.
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