Board of Directors
Thomas W. Adams
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
47, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since March 2006; Chief Executive Officer and Director from September 2005 to March 2006; President of Tronox LLC from 2004 to 2005; Vice President and General Manager of the Pigment Division from May to September 2004. Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development of Kerr-McGee Shared Services Company LLC from 2003 to 2004; Vice President of Acquisitions from March 2003 to September 2003; Vice President of Information Management and Technology from 2002 to 2003. Joined Sun Oil Co., predecessor of Oryx Energy Company, in 1982. Oryx and Kerr-McGee Corp. merged in 1999.
Jerome Adams
Director
62, Director since 2006; Retired as Senior Vice President of Administration for BMC Software, Inc. in 2006; Senior Vice President of Administration from 2002 to 2006. General Manager of Corporate Resources and Services for Shell Oil Co. from 1999 to 2002; General Manager of Learning and Transformation Services and Director of the Shell Learning Center from 1995 to 1999.
Robert D. Agdern
Director
58, Director since 2006; Founded Value Negotiation in 2002. Deputy General Counsel responsible for western hemisphere matters for BP PLC from 1999 to 2001. Associate General Counsel at Amoco Corporation responsible for corporate, chemical, and refining and marketing matters and special assignments from 1993 to 1998 (Amoco merged with British Petroleum in 1998 forming BP PLC). Member of the Advisory Committee of the Dispute Resolution Research Center at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University.
David G. Birney
Director
65, Director since 2006; Retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Solvay America, Inc. in 2006; Chief Executive Officer of Solvay Chemicals from 2003 to 2006; President of Solvay Polymers Inc. from 1987 to 2001; Global Strategic Manager of Plastics based in Brussels from 1985 to 1987. Joined Solvay in 1978 as a Commercial Vice President. Director of A. Schulman, Inc.
Peter D. Kinnear
Lead Director
61, Director since 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of FMC Technologies, Inc. since March 2007; President and Chief Operating Officer and member of the board of directors of FMC Technologies, Inc. from August 2006 to March 2007; President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2006 to March 2007; Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2006; Vice President from 2001 to 2004; Vice President of FMC Corp. from 2000 to 2001. Joined FMC in 1971. Member of Board of Directors of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, American Petroleum Institute's Policy Committee and Board of Trustees of Spindletop International, a children's charity.
Michael Y. McGovern
Director
56, Michael Y. McGovern, 56, Director since April 2008; Executive Advisor, Cadent Energy Partners, LLC since January 2008. President and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Companies, Inc. from 2002 to 2007 and Chairman from 2006 to 2007. President and Chief Executive Officer of Coho Energy, Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Managing Director of Pembrook Capital Corporation from 1998 to 2000. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Vermillion Bay Exploration, Inc.
Bradley C. Richardson
Director
49, Director since 2005; Executive Vice President - Corporate Strategy and Chief Financial Officer of Modine Manufacturing Co. since April 2008; Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to April 2008; Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2006. Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Performance Management and Control for the Worldwide Exploration and Production division at BP Amoco (now known as BP) from 2000 to 2003. Director of Brady Corporation.