Dhaka, June 25 -- Javier La Rosa has been appointed to lead a broad Chevron portfolio which includes a number of the company's key global assets.

According to a Chevron press release issued on Wednesday, La Rosa's new role as president of Base Assets and Emerging Countries (BAEC), is effective July 1 and he will be based at Chevron's Houston headquarters.

La Rosa will be responsible for the strategic leadership and overall performance of the BAEC organization, which includes heavy oil assets in the Partitioned Zone (located between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), San Joaquin Valley (California), and Venezuela; domestic gas assets in Bangladesh and Thailand; non-operated joint ventures in the UK, Canada and China; countries with...