Oil and gas
10 Chief Procurement Officers in Oil and Gas
These ten executives hold or have held the chief procurement officer title at oil and gas companies, in some cases for a region or a joint venture. A reader can learn from them how procurement for operations, projects and corporate spend is organized and how procurement leaders work with operating and finance teams.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ajmal Khan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Pakistan Petroleum Limited
Chief Procurement Officer at Pakistan Petroleum Limited since January 2023. His other listed PPL roles include Deputy Chief Procurement (2017–2023), Head Of Procurement Stores, Sui Gas field (2013–2023) and Contracts & Stores Officer (2007–2013). The profile describes PPL as an oil and gas company specializing in natural gas.
Christian Tchounda
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Oryx Energies
Chief Procurement Officer at Oryx Energies since July 2021, the only role shown in his profile listing. The profile describes Oryx Energies as an oil and gas company and an energy platform for businesses and consumers focused on the energy needs of Africa, supplying fuels, lubricants and LPG.
Claudio A G.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · IP - italiana petroli
Chief Procurement Officer at IP - italiana petroli since November 2023. His listed responsibilities cover group purchases for refineries, supply, terminals and retail outlets across fuels, lubricants, chemicals, power and gas, transport, construction, maintenance, civil works and plants, and industrial equipment and supplies.
Elnara Mammadova
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey · bp
Chief Procurement Officer - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey at bp since February 2024. Her other bp roles include Senior Performance Manager (2021–2024), Interim Chief Procurement Manager (2019–2020) and Performance, Risk, Assurance and Compliance Manager - Procurement and Supply Chain Management (2017–2019).
Igor Kolomietz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) & Head of Supply Chain at Achimgaz JV (BASF Group) · Wintershall Dea
Former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) & Head of Supply Chain at Achimgaz JV (BASF Group) for Wintershall Dea, a title listed for 2010–2019 and again for 2019–2023. He also held CPO Qatar Manager Global Logistics New Ventures at Wintershall (BASF Group) (2008–2010) and Global Category Manager Core Business Categories E&P Procurement at Wintershall Dea (2023–2025), and has held an executive advisory procurement and supply chain role on a project basis since 2025.
Jean-Christophe Marchal
LinkedInExperience: TotalEnergies Global Procurement, Senior Vice-President - Chief procurement Officer · TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies Global Procurement, Senior Vice-President - Chief procurement Officer at TotalEnergies since January 2026. His listing also shows Senior Vice President - Manufacturing Division Vehicle Process Engineering at Stellantis (listed 2021–2026) and Executive Vice President at DongFeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile (2016–2019). The profile describes TotalEnergies as a global integrated energy company that produces and markets oil, biofuels and natural gas.
Lindsay Weddle
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · ConocoPhillips
Chief Procurement Officer at ConocoPhillips since November 2024. Her other ConocoPhillips rows, all listed without end dates, include Land Manager (from 2023), Central Rockies, Anadarko & Gulf of Mexico Manager (from 2021) and Rockies Business Unit Land Manager (from 2016). The profile describes ConocoPhillips as a global exploration and production company.
Nashwa ElShabrawy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · bp
Chief Procurement Officer at bp since December 2022, after serving as VP Procurement at bp (2020–2022). Her other bp roles include Regional Director - North Africa (2018–2019) and Global Catagory Manager, Marine (2016–2018), and her profile describes accountability for BP's global marine supply chain activities with an annual spend of $1.2b.
Rebecca Barker Vest
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement-CPO · ExxonMobil
Vice President Procurement-CPO at ExxonMobil since June 2024, with responsibilities that include end-to-end global procurement for Exxon Mobil, including commercial procurement, accounts payable and supplier engagement. Her earlier listed roles include Vice President Purchasing RNPO (2011–2016) and Vice President Corporate Development and Social Responsibility (2016–2018) at Nissan North America.
Sebastián Sánchez Trolliet
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · YPF
Chief Procurement Officer at YPF since September 2012, leading senior direct reports and more than 350 sourcing and procurement professionals across 8 offices in Argentina, with responsibility for sourcing and procurement processes, systems and results. He was previously Vice President of Finance, CFO & Treasurer at Maxus Energy Corporation (2009–2012) and Corporate Planning Manager at YPF (2004–2006).
Choose the right perspective
Match the scope of the role to your question, since a group-wide chief procurement officer, a regional CPO and a joint-venture CPO face different spend, governance and supplier markets. If your issue is a specific category or region, favor people whose listed roles name it.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you organize procurement between wells, capital projects, operations and indirect spend, and where did category managers sit?
- 02How do you balance cost reduction against supply security and safety when changing key oilfield service or equipment suppliers?
- 03What did you change first when you took over the procurement function, and how did you measure whether it worked?
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