LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced today that former
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, 55, has been elected to
its Board of Directors. Prior to his government service, Secretary
Gutierrez was Chairman and CEO of Kellogg Company. His election brings
the Oxy Board to 13 members, 12 of whom are independent outside
directors.
Secretary Gutierrez served as head of the Commerce Department from 2005
to January, 2009, where he led a large, diverse Cabinet agency of over
38,000 employees with a $6.5 billion budget, responsible for promoting
American business around the globe. He was with Kellogg Company (NYSE:K)
for 30 years, serving as CEO from 1999 and Chairman of the Board from
2000 to 2005.
Secretary Gutierrez is a member of the boards of United Technologies
Corporation (NYSE:UTX) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW). He serves
also on the boards of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars and the University of Miami, previously serving on
the boards of Colgate-Palmolive Company and the Grocery Manufacturers of
America as well as Co-Trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. He
studied Business Administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology
in Queretaro, Mexico.
ABOUT OXY
Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas
exploration and production company with operations in the United States,
Middle East/North Africa and Latin America regions. Oxy is the fourth
largest U.S. oil and gas company, based on equity market capitalization.
Oxy's wholly owned subsidiary, OxyChem, manufactures and markets
chlor-alkali products and vinyls. Occidental is committed to
safeguarding the environment, protecting the safety and health of
employees and neighboring communities and upholding high standards of
social responsibility in all of the company's worldwide operations.