Balaji Krishnamurthy

Vice President

Balaji Krishnamurthy, 46, is a vice president of Chevron Corporation. In July 2023, he was named the incoming vice president, Chevron Technical Center, a role he will assume January 1, 2024. In his new role, Krishnamurthy will guide the development of technologies and application of standards across the company.

Prior to this, Krishnamurthy served as vice president of Strategy & Sustainability, where he was responsible for guiding development of the company’s key strategies, including capital allocation and sustainability efforts. Previously, he served as president of Chevron Canada Limited, where he oversaw the company’s upstream interests in Canada.

Krishnamurthy joined Chevron Technology Ventures in 2002 as a process engineer and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in project management, decision analysis, asset development, asset operations, corporate strategy and business unit leadership. The majority of his career has been in international business units supporting operations in Angola, Canada, Kazakhstan, Thailand and corporate headquarters in San Ramon, CA.

Krishnamurthy earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and electrochemical engineering from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India in 1998, a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Florida in 2000, and a master’s in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007.

Updated: October 2023