Chesapeake CEO: We Will Continue To Be An “…Important Part Of This Community.”
Doug Lawler talks about his new job as the second CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp.
By Adam Wilmoth Published: June 16, 2013
After spending his entire career at Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum and its predecessor Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee Corp., Doug Lawler was not looking for a change.
But a conversation with Chesapeake Energy Corp. Chairman Archie Dunham convinced him to become the firm’s second CEO.
“First and foremost, I saw his conviction and his confidence in the company,” Lawler told The Oklahoman on Friday. “And I saw in an alignment with the shareholders and the support of management and the board that there would be a significant opportunity here.”
Lawler will take over at Chesapeake on Monday.