ChevronTexaco Corp. announced Friday that Vice Chairman Richard Matzke will retire early next year after more than 40 years of service. Matzke will be succeeded by Peter Robertson, currently vice president of ChevronTexaco and president of ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum (CTOP). Additionally, George Kirkland, currently vice president of ChevronTexaco and president of ChevronTexaco North America Exploration and Production (CTNAEP), will succeed Robertson as president of CTOP. Ray Wilcox, currently managing director of ChevronTexaco’s Nigeria/Mid-Africa Strategic Business Unit, will succeed Kirkland as president of CTNAEP. Wilcox will also become a vice president of ChevronTexaco. Matzke joined Chevron in 1961 as a geologist in Louisiana and over the years advanced through a number of executive positions. He was elected a director of Chevron in 1997, and vice chairman of the board in January 2000. Robertson, who joined Chevron in 1973, became a vice president of Chevron Corp., responsible for strategic planning, in 1994. He became president of Chevron U.S.A. Production Co. from 1997 until assuming his current position.

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