John A. Carrig (born January 14, 1952) served as the

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and president for ConocoPhillips. In 2010, he announced his intention to retire from the company effective February 2011. He had been with ConocoPhillips since 1978 when he was hired as a tax attorney. He had previously been

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and executive vice president of

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since the merger of Conoco and

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in 2002. Before then, he had been CFO at Phillips since 2001. He graduated from

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in 1974, received a

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degree from

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in 1977, and an advanced degree in tax law from the

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School of Law in 1978.

External links

"ConocoPhillips" on Google Finance

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