From BusinessWire The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) (“Williams”) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Nancy K. Buese as an independent director on the Board, effective immediately. Ms. Buese is a highly-skilled and extremely knowledgeable industry leader and currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Newmont Mining Corporation. She brings 25 years of
From PR Newswire Williams served as the Assurance Services Managing Partner for Ernst & Young LLP’s Southwest Region until 2016. In this role, she had responsibility for a $500 million audit practice encompassing nine states, 14 offices and 1,200 employees. Williams has more than 35 years of audit and public accounting experience, serving numerous global and multi-location companies, primarily in the energy
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (ticker: CRZO) has appointed Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, age 62, to its board of directors. Her immediate appointment increases the size of the Carrizo board to eight. Photo: Americas Society / Council of the Americas Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa is a private investor and was CEO of Banco Itaú International, Miami, Florida, from April 2012 to December 2016.
Days after closing a merger with Fifth Creek Energy and retiring the name Bill Barrett Corp. to form a new company, HighPoint Resources Corporation (ticker: HPR), the Denver-based oil and gas company has appointed five new outside members to its board of directors, effective immediately, taking the board from six to eleven members. HighPoint’s new board members are: Mark S.
Calgary’s Precision Drilling Corporation (ticker: PDS) has added Michael R. Culbert to its board of directors. Culbert is vice chairman of Progress Energy Canada Ltd, a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of PETRONAS that is focused on the development of unconventional natural gas. Prior to becoming vice chairman, Culbert served as president and CEO of Progress Energy and president of Pacific NorthWest
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (ticker: APC) announced the election of Claire S. Farley as an independent director of the company, effective Feb. 9, 2017. “Claire is a respected leader in the energy industry with a tremendous track record of success, including far-reaching experience in finance, strategic investments, mergers and acquisitions, and exploration and new ventures,” said Anadarko Chairman, President and CEO Al Walker. “We
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (ticker: PQ) announced that J. Gerard Jolly, CPA has been appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as a director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Company’s Board of Directors has affirmatively determined Mr. Jolly to be independent under the listing standards of the NYSE and the rules of the SEC. In addition, Mr. Jolly
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (ticker: PQ) announced that Michael L. Finch has resigned from its board of directors. Finch served as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee since 2003 and has elected to pursue other opportunities, the company said in a press release. PetroQuest reported that Finch’s resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company on any matter regarding
Following a Delaware judge’s ruling last week that Energy Transfer Equity (ticker: ETE) could walk away from the Williams Company (ticker: WMB) merger, and Energy Transfer’s official cancellation of it, the fallout from the decision is coming full circle. Six of Williams Company’s directors, including the company’s chairman, resigned on Thursday following a failed attempt to oust the CEO, according
Acorn Energy Inc. (ticker: ACFN) is a multi-faceted holding company with four portfolio companies focused on underwater security solutions, power generation and delivery, and fiber optic sensing solutions. US Seismic Systems, Inc. (USSI) is focused on increasing oil and gas production while decreasing costs through the use of its fiber optic equipment. Off the Starting Blocks Fiber optics is a
