Mr. Whelan was appointed President of Imperial Oil Limited on April 1, 2025. On May 8, 2025, he was appointed Chairman, President and CEO.

Mr. Whelan started his career with ExxonMobil in 1988 in Drayton Valley, AB as an Operations Engineer and has held a wide variety of engineering, project, operations, commercial and leadership roles located in Canada, Norway, and the USA with oversight roles spanning the globe.

Previous to his current appointment Mr. Whelan was Senior Vice President, Upstream responsible for ExxonMobil’s Conventional and Heavy Oil Global Business Line. In this role, Mr. Whelan led 13 global business units across the USA, Canada, Europe, Caspian, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. Prior to that assignment Mr. Whelan served as Imperial Oil’s Senior Vice President, Upstream from 2017 to 2020.

Throughout his career Mr. Whelan has successfully focused on driving operational excellence through all lifecycle phases while integrating strategy, business insights, and portfolio development to deliver exceptional performance and continuous improvement across the full value chain.

Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mr. Whelan holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mr. Whelan serves as Vice-Chair on the Board of Governors for The Glenbow Museum and sits on the Engineering and Applied Science Advisory Board for Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mr. Whelan is married to Michelle, and they have two children.