Atmos Energy Corp. Promotes Michael E. Haefner to President & Chief Operating Officer & Marvin L. Sweetin to the New Position...
September 28 2015 - 5:01PM
Business Wire
Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today announced two
important promotions to its senior management team. Michael E.
Haefner who is currently Executive Vice President will be promoted
to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer effective
October 1, 2015. In this new role, Haefner will have responsibility
for the operations of Atmos Energy’s utility divisions in eight
states and customer service; he will have continued responsibility
for the regulated intrastate pipeline division, the nonregulated
operations and the gas supply and services group. Haefner will
continue to report to Kim R. Cocklin, who will remain Chief
Executive Officer.
“Succession planning is perhaps the single most important
obligation of a company’s management and board of directors,” said
Cocklin. “Mike’s promotion is the result of an extensive and
deliberate process designed to select the right person to lead our
company into the future.”
“Mike has the vision, experience and leadership skills necessary
to ensure continued success in both our regulated and nonregulated
businesses,” Cocklin added. “Complementing his business skills is
his understanding of our culture and values and with this
promotion, all business units will have the benefit of Mike’s skill
and leadership.”
“We have a great company,” Haefner said. “I look forward to the
opportunity to work with the board of directors, and company
leadership, as we continue to execute the strategy of the company
while preserving and nurturing our culture and values.”
Prior to joining Atmos Energy in June 2008, Haefner, 55, served
as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Sabre Holdings and
helped lead the spinoff of Sabre from American Airlines as well as
take Travelocity.com public. His thirty-year work history includes
broad experience in dynamic industries, with over half of his
career having been spent in senior management and critical
leadership positions.
Haefner has a bachelor’s degree from St. John Fisher College and
a master’s degree from the State University of New
York-Buffalo.
Additionally, the Board of Directors has promoted Marvin L.
Sweetin, who is currently the Senior Vice President of Utility
Operations, to the newly-created position of Senior Vice
President of Safety and Utility Services, effective October 1,
2015. In his new role, Sweetin will continue to serve on the
company’s Management Committee and report to Kim R. Cocklin, Chief
Executive Officer.
Sweetin will have overall responsibility for pipeline and
distribution safety and compliance, business process and change
management, new technology evaluation and deployment, supply chain
and facilities management, and workforce development.
“This new senior position reporting to the Chief Executive
Officer is further confirmation of the critical importance we place
on safety for our employees and the customers we serve,” said
Cocklin. “Marvin brings a wealth of experience and education and
has tremendous leadership, communication and people skills to
continue our goal to be incident-free every day and to make our
safe system even safer.”
“I am very excited to have this opportunity to lead our
company’s continuous journey to ever improving safety,” said
Sweetin.
Sweetin, 52, has more than 30 years of experience in the energy
industry, 15 of those with Atmos Energy. Previously, he served as
Senior Vice President of Utility Operations, Vice President of
Customer Service, Director of Technical Training, and Director of
Procurement. He is also a former Chair of the company’s
Utility Operations Council. Before joining Atmos Energy,
Sweetin spent 13 years with Atlantic Richfield Company in various
roles supporting exploration and production activities in countries
around the world.
Sweetin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State
University and a master’s degree from the University of Dallas.
About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the
country’s largest natural-gas-only distributors, serving over three
million natural gas distribution customers in over 1,400
communities in eight states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the
East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy also manages
company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including
one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas
and provides natural gas marketing and procurement services to
industrial, commercial and municipal customers primarily in the
Midwest and Southeast. For more information, visit
www.atmosenergy.com.
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