OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2013. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) today announced that the board of directors appointed John R. (J.R.) Haley, currently director of Tax, to the newly established position of vice president of Tax. He will report to MPC's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Don Templin.

"In this new position, J.R. will have responsibility for all tax matters including overall tax compliance, tax planning, and helping the company shape its views around emerging tax issues," said Don Templin, senior vice president and chief financial officer. "J.R. has a wealth of experience, more than 30 years, managing complex federal, state and local tax matters and developing people."

Haley earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Findlay in 1981. He joined Marathon that same year as a tax analyst and has had increasing responsibilities within the Tax organization. In 1986, he became a certified public accountant. Haley was promoted to tax accounting manager for U.S. Steel in 1992. He returned to Marathon in 1994 and became tax manager in 1996. In 2004, he was named tax compliance manager followed by international tax accounting manager in 2009. He assumed his current position of director in July 2011.

Haley is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Public Accountants. He also serves on the American Petroleum Institute's General Committee on Taxation.