---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101778-24-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000101778"
company_name: "MARATHON OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:14:38.359626+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marathon Oil CFO Dane Whitehead to retire; Rob White named successor effective May 1, 2024

## Summary
- Dane Whitehead will retire July 1, 2024; he steps down as CFO May 1 and serves as Advisor to CEO until July 1.
- Rob White, former VP Controller & CAO, promoted to EVP & CFO effective May 1, 2024; compensation: $500K salary, 90% bonus target, $2M LTI target.
- Zach Dailey named VP Controller & CAO effective May 1, 2024; compensation: $350K salary, 50% bonus target, $400K LTI target.
- White has 30+ years at Marathon Oil; Dailey joined in 2015 and most recently served as VP Internal Audit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101778-24-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000101778
- company_name: MARATHON OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101778/000010177824000027/0000101778-24-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101778/000010177824000027/mro-20240227.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rob L. White was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MARATHON OIL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 28, 2024, Mr. Rob L. White was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with such appointment to become effective May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101778/000010177824000027/0000101778-24-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dane E. Whitehead departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MARATHON OIL CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 27, 2024, Dane E. Whitehead, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation (“Marathon Oil” or the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire from Marathon Oil effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101778/000010177824000027/0000101778-24-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Zach Dailey was appointed as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at MARATHON OIL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 28, 2024, Mr. Zach Dailey was appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, with such appointment to become effective May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101778/000010177824000027/0000101778-24-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.