Exxon Mobil Corp. recruited a company outsider for the first time to join the CEO’s inner circle of managers, a move that comes just weeks after the oil giant suffered a stunning setback at the hands of a tiny activist investor.

Kathryn Mikells will join Exxon on August 9 as CFO from Diageo Plc, where she held the same role and was also a director, according to a statement Monday. Mikells, 55, will be the first woman among the ranks of senior vice presidents who share day-to-day management duties with CEO Darren Woods, and the first executive to hold such a high position without a background in oil, natural gas, or chemicals.

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