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(This Feb. 13 story has been corrected to fix John Whelan's designation to upstream senior vice president of ExxonMobil, not ExxonMobil Canada, in paragraph 1)
(Reuters) - Imperial Oil said on Thursday that CEO Brad Corson will retire, with John Whelan, currently ExxonMobil's upstream senior vice president, taking his place on May 8.
Imperial Oil is majority-owned by Exxon.
Corson was appointed CEO of Imperial Oil in 2020 but started his career with Exxon in 1983 in Louisiana and rose to become vice president of Exxon's global upstream acquisition and divestment programs.
Whelan also began his career with Exxon in 1988 in Alberta, Canada, and for a while was Imperial's senior vice president of upstream operations.
(Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)