Jacobs University welcomes leading representative from ExxonMobil

On March 28, 2007, Dr. Gernot Kalkoffen, President of the Board of Directors ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH and ESSO Deutschland GmbH, will visit the campus to report about his activities in the energy industry. As part of the lecture series “Business Leaders meet Jacobs University” the CEO will give an insight into the daily challenge to meet the oil and gas needs of an ever expanding global demand. The lecture is followed by a discussion and a reception inviting the students and guests to ask questions and to further get to know the petrochemical business.

[ Mar 21, 2007]  The mineral oil group Exxon Mobil Corporation, formed in 1999 by merging the American companies Exxon and Mobil with their German subsidiary Esso, by its market value is currently the world’s largest company. Its activities include the refining and supply of petroleum products as well as the marketing of fuels under three brand names of the merging companies in more than 100 countries and over 35 thousand service stations. The company explores for oil and natural gas on six of the seven continents which involves a continuously seeking to develop proprietary technologies that provide a competitive edge. ExxonMobil has a development portfolio of more than 110 projects and is currently looking into a wide range of economic scenarios.

Gernot Kalkoffen studied physics and received his PhD for research at the DESY research center in Hamburg in 1978. After work as research assistant at the DESY and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, he switched to the energy sector in 1980, filling various national and international positions. Since 2002 Mr. Kalkoffen has been acting as the CEO of ExxonMobil Production Deutschland, and in 2004 he additionally became Chair of the Board of Directors ExxonMobil GmbH and the ESSO Deutschland GmbH.

The talk starts at 7.30 p.m. in the Campus Center Conference Room. The event is of chief interest for students focusing on Geosciences, Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry and Business.

Business Leaders meet Jacobs University Throughout the academic year, experts from various leading companies and industrial sectors are invited to present their trade and offer an exchange between commerce and students. On the basis of instructive lectures with topics related to their daily business, professionals induct interested auditors into varied fields of activities and provide an insight into their work life.