By Alison Sider HOUSTON--Large oil producer Occidental Petroleum (OXY) has hired former Goldman Sachs (GS) banker Cynthia Walker as Chief Financial Officer and executive vice president. Ms. Walker, 35, was at the investment bank for 12 years, most recently as a managing director. She has been a senior member of the bank's Global Natural Resources Group in Houston. James Lienert, who served as Occidental's CFO for two years, will remain at the company as the executive vice president for business support. Occidental, based in Los Angeles, is the fourth largest U.S. oil and gas company on a market capitalization basis. Write to Alison Sider at alison.sider@dowjones.com Order free Annual Report for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Visit http://djnewswires.ar.wilink.com/?link=GS or call 1-888-301-0513 Order free Annual Report for Occidental Petroleum Corp. Visit http://djnewswires.ar.wilink.com/?link=OXY or call 1-888-301-0513 Subscribe to WSJ: http://online.wsj.com?mod=djnwires
