Shu Xiong has been appointed President and Managing Director of Chevron Bangladesh.

She led the US company's China business operations prior to her new appointment.

Her position commenced with effect from August 1. She succeeds Eric M. Walker, who had served Chevron Bangladesh for the last six years.

Shu most recently served as Managing Director of Chevron's China Business Unit, where she led the company's upstream business and energy value-chain activities and built strong partnerships across multiple joint-venture operations.

Since joining Chevron in 2007, Shu has held senior leadership roles across strategy, forecasting, trading, operations and planning, advising, supporting investment decisions, developing commercial opportunities and managing key partner and market relationships. Shu holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BBA in Finance from the University of Houston.

Commenting on her appointment, Shu said: "I am excited to join the Bangladesh team, and I look forward to building on our 30-year partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and Petrobangla.

"I am committed to deepening that relationship to support the nation's energy needs today and into the future, while benefiting our local communities through our investment in education, health and economic-development programmes. My family and I are excited to make Bangladesh our home."