Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Kwa Chong Seng, chairman of Exxon Mobil Asia Pacific Pte, will retire at the end of this month, the company said in a statement today. He will be succeeded by Matthew J. Aguiar, the manufacturing director of its Asia chemical unit.

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