お知らせ • Oct 18
Enlink Midstream, LLC Announces Board and Committee Changes
On October 15, 2024, EnLink Midstream, LLC announced that Benjamin M. Daniel, Matthew C. Harris, and Scott E. Telesz each tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors of the Manager . In addition, Mr. Harris resigned from his position as Chairman of the Manager Board, each of Mr. Daniel and Mr. Harris resigned from the Governance and Compensation Committee of the Manager Board, and Mr. Telesz resigned from the Sustainability Committee of the Manager Board . The foregoing resignations did not result from a disagreement with the Manager. Jesse Arenivas, Deborah G. Adams, Tiffany (TJ) Thom Cepak, and Leldon E. Echols will continue to serve on the Manager Board. Additionally, on October 15, 2024, each of the following individuals was appointed to the Manager Board and Pierce H. Norton II was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Manager Board: Pierce H. Norton II; Walter S. Hulse III; Lyndon C. Taylor. In addition, the Manager Board appointed (i) Mr. Norton and Mr. Taylor to serve on the Governance and Compensation Committee in the vacancies left by the resignation of Mr. Harris and Mr. Daniel and (ii) Mr. Hulse to serve on the Sustainability Committee in the vacancy left by the resignation of Mr. Telesz. Pierce H. Norton II, 64, is President and Chief Executive Officer of ONEOK and is a member of the ONEOK Board of Directors. Previously, Mr. Norton was president and chief executive officer of ONE Gas, Inc. for more than seven years and served as a member of the ONE Gas board. Mr. Norton worked for ONEOK for almost 10 years, having joined the company in 2004. Prior to the separation of ONE Gas in January 2014, Mr. Norton served as executive vice president, commercial, of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners. His other roles at ONEOK included executive vice president and chief operating officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners, responsible for the company's natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas pipelines, natural gas liquids, natural gas distribution and energy services business segments. Mr. Norton also held the position as president of ONEOK Distribution Companies – Oklahoma Natural Gas, Kansas Gas Service and Texas Gas Service. Mr. Norton began his natural gas industry career in 1982 at Delhi Gas Pipeline, a subsidiary of Texas Oil and Gas Corporation. He later worked for American Oil and Gas with operational responsibilities for natural gas gathering and processing, and for intrastate and interstate pipelines. He then worked for KN Energy as vice president and general manager of the Heartland Region, before moving to Bear Paw Energy as vice president of business development. In 2002, he was named president of Bear Paw Energy, now ONEOK Rockies Midstream. Mr. Norton is currently on the board of directors for the American Petroleum Institute and is a 2024 tri-chair for the Tulsa Area United Way citywide campaign. He is a past board member of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Texas Pipeline Association, the North Dakota Petroleum Council, the Western Alliance, American Gas Association (AGA) and served as chairman of the AGA board in 2017. Locally he is a past board member of Tulsa Community College Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation and Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. An Alabama native, Mr. Norton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1982 from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and was a University of Alabama College of Engineering Distinguished Fellow. He also is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Walter S. Hulse III, 60, is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Investor Relations and Corporate Development of ONEOK. Mr. Hulse joined ONEOK in 2015 from Spinnaker Strategic Advisory Services, LLC, which provided consulting services to mid-cap and large-cap publicly traded companies, including the review of merger and/or acquisition opportunities, debt and equity markets, corporate restructuring and potential divestitures. Mr. Hulse served as a consultant to ONEOK for many years, including during the separation of the company's natural gas distribution business into the stand-alone publicly traded company, ONE Gas. Previously, Mr. Hulse was vice chairman of the Investment Banking Department, managing director and head of the business development group at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to that, he was head of the Global Utility Group at UBS Investment Bank. Before joining UBS through its merger with PaineWebber Incorporated, Mr. Hulse held various roles at Paine Webber and J.P. Morgan. Mr. Hulse graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in economics. Lyndon Taylor, 66, is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Assistant Secretary of ONEOK. Mr. Taylor joined ONEOK in 2023. Before joining ONEOK, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of Devon Energy Corporation from 2005 to 2021, responsible for overseeing the legal, corporate governance, compliance and government relations functions. Prior to Devon, Mr. Taylor founded and led the Houston office of Skadden Arps, serving the legal needs of numerous energy clients for 12 years. He has in-depth experience in many aspects of the energy business, including capital markets and Securities and Exchange Commission activities, merger and acquisition deals, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, labor and employment matters, intellectual property and litigation. With nearly 40 years of legal expertise, primarily in the energy space, Mr. Taylor has extensive experience guiding organizations on legal and business strategies that balance risk and company objectives, helping them to be successful in a changing market. Mr. Taylor earned a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University.