WASHINGTON: ExxonMobil President and CEO Rex Tillerson is President-elect Donald Trump’s top pick for secretary of state, US media reported Saturday, with NBC reporting that Tillerson has already been chosen.

Tillerson, 64, is an oil executive with experience in international negotiations and a business relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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