Jay R. Pryor
Vice President, Business Development
Jay R. Pryor is vice president of Business Development for Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2006. He is responsible for identifying and developing new, large-scale upstream and downstream business opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions.
Previously Pryor was managing director of Chevron Nigeria Ltd. from 2002 to 2006 and was responsible for directing Chevron's oil and gas operations in West Africa. Prior positions include: 1999, managing director, Asia South business unit and Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Ltd.; 1996, general manager, Human Resources, Chevron Corporation; 1992, manager, petroleum engineering, Tengizchevroil, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc.
Pryor had a leadership role in establishing the Center for Sustainable Energy Efficiency at the Qatar Science and Technology Park, where Qatari engineers, scientists and students train to build energy efficiency expertise and capabilities. He regularly participates in think tanks that analyze partnership building and long-term energy security in the Middle East. Pryor is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, including the Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference and the World National Oil Companies Congress.
He serves on the board of trustees of the Eisenhower Fellowships and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and founded the society's first branch in Kazakhstan, the Ernst & Young Corporate Development Leadership Network, the RAND Corporation Business Leaders Forum, and the U.S.-Russia Business Council.
Pryor was born in 1957 in Laurel, Mississippi. He earned his bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Mississippi State University in 1979 and that same year joined Chevron U.S.A. Production Co. as a petroleum engineer.
Updated: January 2013