Exxon’s Greg Goff Quits Board After Joining Elliott-Backed Amber

Exxon Mobil Corp. director Gregory Goff resigned from the oil giant’s board after taking the helm of Amber Energy Inc., which recently won an auction for US refining assets formerly owned by Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.

Goff was one of three directors who joined Exxon as part of Engine No. 1’s successful activist campaign at the height of the environmental, social and governance movement in 2021. Goff resigned Thursday “to pursue other business opportunities,” Exxon said in a filing Friday.

Amber Energy, backed by hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP, won an auction for Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent ...