Ed Galante, former senior vice president of ExxonMobil, Corp., will deliver a lecture at 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 3 in the LaRose Digital Theatre, located in the Koury Business Center on the Elon University campus. His lecture, titled “Perspectives on the Global Energy Industry,” is free and open to the public.
Galante retired in 2006 after 34 years with ExxonMobil. He became senior vice president in 2001, working closely with the company’s board of directors. Galante also had primary responsibilities for ExxonMobil’s downstream businesses, including refining and supply, fuels marketing, lubricants and specialties, and research and engineering. He also had responsibility for the public affairs division and the safety, health and environment division.
Previously, Galante served as chief executive and general manager of Esso Caribbean and Central America. In 1995, he became executive assistant to the chairman of Exxon Corp. He was appointed chairman and managing director of Esso (Thailand) Public Co., in Bangkok in 1997, and later became executive vice president of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., in 1999.
Galante is a 1973 graduate of Northeastern University and serves on its Board of Overseers. He is Executive in Residence at Northeastern’s College of Business and serves on the board of directors of Junior Achievement Worldwide.