Tim Butler promoted to VP Tax at Murphy Oil and John Gardner promoted to Treasurer
Murphy Oil Corporation has announced that Tim Butler has been promoted to Vice President, Tax.
Butler joined Murphy as International Tax Specialist in 1987 at the Company’s office in New Orleans. In 1992, he transferred to El Dorado as Senior International Tax Accountant. In 1996, Butler was promoted to Supervisor, Research and Foreign Tax. He was promoted to Manager, Research and Foreign Tax in 2000. He was promoted to General Manager, Worldwide Taxation in 2007.
Butler received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1984. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Also promoted is John Gardner who is now Treasurer for Murphy Oil Corporation.
Gardner succeeds Mindy West who has resigned as Vice President and Treasurer of Murphy Oil Corporation to assume her new role as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Murphy USA, Inc.
Gardner joined Murphy in 1995 as an Associate Accountant at the Corporate Headquarters in El Dorado, Arkansas. He held several positions within the Controller’s department before being named Manager, Policies & Procedures in 2004. In 2008, he was named Controller for Murphy Exploration & Production Company-USA and relocated to Houston, Texas. In 2009, Gardner was promoted to Director, Planning and Special Projects for Murphy Eastern Oil Company and transferred to the office in
St. Albans, United Kingdom. He returned to Murphy Exploration & Production Company in Houston in 2012 when he was promoted to Assistant Treasurer.
Gardner received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration – Accounting from the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 1994.