Chesapeake Energy Appoints New VP Exploration, Prev Guy “Retires”
Chesapeake Energy's CEO Doug Lawler, the man who loves to swing the ax to make his corporate raider boss Carl Ichan more money (see The Great Chesapeake Massacre: Lawler Fires 800 People in One Day), continues to raid his old company, Anadarko, for new (i.e. loyal) lieutenants. Doug's latest hire is for the very important position of Executive Vice President – Exploration, Land and Subsurface Technology. The guy who previously held that position, John Kapchinske, doesn't get much of a mention in the announcement. The press release says Kapchinske "recently retired from the company" and that's all it says. We find it interesting because Kapchinske was just promoted to that position in January 2015! And four months later he retires? Perhaps he's "retiring" because he served under Aubrey McClendon and Doug is still swinging the ax and purging the company...
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