HOUSTON, Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Apache Corporation
(NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) announced today several changes to its
executive organization:
- Roger Plank, president and chief
corporate officer, has elected to retire from Apache.
- Alfonso Leon, senior vice
president and chief of staff, has been appointed executive vice
president and chief financial officer, reporting to G. Steven Farris, chairman, chief executive
officer and president. Leon will lead Apache's financial,
commercial, stakeholder relations, planning and strategy
functions.
- Tom Chambers will assume the new
position of senior vice president, Finance.
"In nearly 33 years at Apache, Roger has been intimately
involved in Apache's direction and profitable growth, and I have
valued his insight and perspective on our business, culture and
strategy," Farris said.
Plank began his career in Apache's Minneapolis office in 1981 as an investment
representative and advanced to president of Apache Programs Inc. He
became a vice president of Apache in 1987 and provided leadership
of the communications, investor relations, government affairs and
planning functions. He became chief financial officer in 1997 and
president of the company in 2009.
Plank serves on the board of the Alley Theatre in Houston and is a past president of Texas
Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), a
large trade association. He is the lead director of Parker Drilling
Co. in Houston, and chairs its
compensation committee. He is co-chair of the Alley Theatre's
capital campaign.
Leon has been senior vice president and chief of staff since
2012. He joined Apache in 2009 and has led the evolution of the
company's planning, strategy and investor relations functions.
"Alfonso has been instrumental in shaping and executing the
repositioning of Apache's portfolio for its next stage of value
growth," Farris said.
Prior to joining Apache, he was a director and head of energy
investment banking at Perella Weinberg Partners in London. He also served in various corporate
strategy, planning and business development roles at Royal Dutch
Shell in London and The Hague. Leon started his career in
investment banking with Salomon Smith
Barney in New York and
Merrill Lynch in London. He holds
a bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chambers joined Apache Corporation in 1995 as director of
Corporate Planning before being appointed vice president of
Corporate Planning in 2001. He was appointed vice-president of
Planning and Investor Relations in 2009 before assuming the role of
chief financial officer in 2010 during an unprecedented period of
Apache's growth.
Prior to joining the company, Chambers was in the international
business development group at Pennzoil Exploration and Production,
having held a variety of management positions with BP plc from 1981
to 1992. He has extensive experience across the oil patch, from
Alaska, the lower 48 and the
Middle East. He holds a bachelor's
degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers and serves on the advisory board of
Houston Foundation for Life.
About Apache
Apache Corporation is an oil and gas
exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Canada, Egypt, the United
Kingdom, Australia and
Argentina. Apache posts
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