James J. Mulva (born in 1946), is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of ConocoPhillips. Mr. Mulva served as president and chief executive officer of
ConocoPhillips from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief
executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company from 1999 to 2002. He had served
as Phillips’ president and chief operating officer since May 1994 and executive
vice president since January 1994. He had been senior vice president in
1993 and chief financial officer since 1990, at which time he joined the company’s
management committee.
Mr. Mulva is a member of the National Petroleum
Council, which is an oil and natural gas advisory committee to the US Secretary
of Energy.
Mr. Mulva served as chairman of the American Petroleum
Institute in 2005. He was named 2002 Petroleum Executive of the Year in recognition
of the aggressive steps he took to grow and position Phillips Petroleum
Company to compete in an increasingly difficult business environment.
Mr.
Mulva earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration
from the University of Texas. Immediately after graduating, Mr. Mulva served
as a U.S. Navy officer until beginning his career with Phillips in 1973.
Along
with his wife, Miriam, Mr. Mulva has pledged $7 million towards
the construction of a new library at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI, the largest
gift in the school's history; the library will be named in honor of the Mulvas. |
