Charles A. (Chuck) Taylor
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Charles A. (Chuck) Taylor is vice president of Strategic Planning for Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2011. He is responsible for advising senior corporate executives in setting strategic direction for the company, allocating capital and other resources, and determining operating unit performance measures and targets.
Previously Taylor served as vice president of Health, Environment and Safety from 2007 to 2011 and was responsible for defining and instituting a systematic means for managing health, environment, safety, reliability and efficiency performance. He also was responsible for Chevron's Environmental Management Company. Prior positions include: 2003, general manager, exploration and production, Chevron Nigeria Ltd. and Nigerian National Petroleum Company joint venture; 1999, general manager, exploration and production, Chevron United Kingdom; 1996, manager, asset development and area operations, Bekasap strategic business unit, Caltex Pacific Indonesia.
Taylor serves on the board of directors of Accenture Global Energy and is vice chairman of the board of the Special Olympics of Northern California. He also is the corporate leadership sponsor for Chevron's XYZ Network.
Taylor was born in 1957 in Muncie, Ind. He began his career with Chevron in 1980 as a drilling engineer. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering in 1980 from Purdue University and a master's degree in business administration in 1992 from Tulane University. He was awarded the Allen R. Vorholt Award for academic and business leadership and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma scholastic honor society in 1992.
Updated: January 2013