Neil Hansen

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ExxonMobil

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Neil Hansen became ExxonMobil’s Chief Financial Officer on 1 February 2026, a quarter-century after joining the company as a financial analyst in Houston. His career has alternated between finance and the business: he has worked in upstream finance, financial reporting on the Sakhalin project in Russia, the Treasurer’s office and investor relations, where he was vice president and corporate secretary, and has also run fuels and energy products businesses and Global Business Solutions. ExxonMobil ranked No. 9 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ExxonMobil since 1 February 2026.
• President, Global Business Solutions, May 2025 to January 2026.
• Senior Vice President, Energy Products, ExxonMobil Product Solutions, 2022 to 2025.
• Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary, 2018 to 2020.
• Joined ExxonMobil in Houston in 2000.

Professional Journey

Hansen earned a Bachelor of Arts in marketing at the University of St. Thomas, a Master of Science in accounting at Oklahoma State University and an MBA in finance at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He joined ExxonMobil in Houston in 2000 in upstream financial analyst and supervisory roles, and from 2006 to 2008 was financial reporting manager on the Sakhalin project in Russia.

After a period as audit division manager for U.S. Chemical, he moved to headquarters in 2009 as a senior financial advisor, worked on the XTO transition team and as an upstream advisor in investor relations, and then in the Treasurer’s office. From 2014 to 2017 he was lead country manager and business services manager in Thailand, and from 2018 to 2020 Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary.

He went on to run fuels for Europe, Africa and the Middle East from Brussels, then energy products for ExxonMobil Product Solutions, and from May 2025 Global Business Solutions. On 1 February 2026 he became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Education

Thunderbird School of Global Management

MBA, Finance

Oklahoma State University

Master of Science, Accounting

University of St. Thomas

Bachelor of Arts, Marketing