Jeanette L. Ourada has been named corporate vice president and comptroller for Chevron Corp., effective April 1. Ourada succeeds Matthew J. Foehr, who will retire from the company March 31 after 33 years.

In her new role Ourada will lead corporate-wide accounting, financial reporting and analysis and internal controls. Additionally she will oversee Finance Shared Services, the organization she has led since July 2013.

Since joining Chevron as part of the Unocal acquisition in 2005, Ourada has held a series of leadership roles within the finance organization. Before assuming her current role as the general manager of Finance Shared Services, Ourada served as assistant treasurer, operating company support and intercompany financing. From 2009 to 2012 she was general manager of investor relations. From 2007 to 2009 Ourada was general manager of finance for Chevron's Asia South Business Unit in Bangkok, Thailand. From 2005 to 2007 she was responsible for Chevron International E&P Co.'s forecasting and reporting group.

Earlier Ourada held positions at Atlantic Richfield, Universal Studios and Weyerhaeuser.

Foehr joined Chevron in 1982. Since that time, he advanced through a number of finance positions of increasing responsibility in corporate finance as well as in Chevron's operating lines of business. In 2003, Foehr was appointed vice president of finance for Chevron's Global Downstream business. In 2007, he assumed the top financial role in Chevron's Global Upstream and Gas business. He was named to his current position in 2010.