Williams Appoints Micheal Dunn as Chief Operating Officer
February 14 2017 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) (“Williams”) today
announced that Micheal G. Dunn has been appointed executive vice
president, chief operating officer of Williams, effective Feb. 27,
2017. In this newly created role, Mr. Dunn will focus on optimizing
operations to enhance Williams’ competitive advantage and advance
the execution of the Company’s long-term growth strategy. Mr. Dunn
will report to Alan Armstrong, president and chief executive
officer of Williams.
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Mr. Dunn is a proven executive and energy industry veteran. He
most recently served as president of Questar Pipeline and executive
vice president of Questar Corporation. From 2010 to 2015, Mr. Dunn
served as president and CEO of PacifiCorp Energy, a multi-state
regulated electric power generating company and a subsidiary of
Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
Mr. Armstrong stated, “We are very excited that Mike is joining
the Williams management team as chief operating officer. He is an
outstanding leader with extensive engineering, project management
and operating experience in our industry, including more than 25
years in technical and executive management positions at natural
gas transmission and pipeline companies. We look forward to
benefitting from his expertise as we propel Williams into its next
stage of growth as we build out the nation’s key natural gas
infrastructure.”
Mr. Armstrong continued, “The Williams team has undertaken a
thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of our end-state
organizational design. Mike’s appointment further streamlines our
business in a way that aligns with our proven natural gas-focused
strategy, and will allow us to even more rapidly adapt to evolving
market conditions and demand.”
Mr. Dunn stated, “It is an honor to be joining Williams at such
an exciting and important time for the Company. I look forward to
working with Alan and the talented employees of Williams to cement
Williams’ position as North America’s premier natural gas
infrastructure company.”
About Micheal Dunn
Mr. Dunn was president of Questar Pipeline and executive vice
president of Questar Corporation from 2015 to 2016. At Questar, he
was the executive leader of a major western U.S. natural gas
transmission company comprising four FERC regulated interstate
pipelines with natural gas storage and processing capabilities.
Prior to Questar, he served as president and CEO of PacifiCorp
Energy, a regulated power generation subsidiary of Berkshire
Hathaway Energy, from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Dunn was
president of Kern River Gas Transmission Company, a Berkshire
Hathaway Energy interstate natural gas pipeline subsidiary. He
joined Kern River in 1990, having served in various leadership
roles in the areas of operations, construction, engineering and
information technology before being named President of Kern River
in 2007. Mr. Dunn began his career with Williams as an operations
engineer and spent 14 years with the company in a variety of
technical and leadership roles.
Mr. Dunn graduated in 1988 from the University of Oklahoma with
a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He is a registered
professional engineer in the state of Oklahoma.
About Williams & Williams Partners
Williams (NYSE: WMB) is a premier provider of large-scale
infrastructure connecting U.S. natural gas and natural gas products
to growing demand for cleaner fuel and feedstocks. Headquartered in
Tulsa, Okla., Williams owns approximately 74 percent of Williams
Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ). Williams Partners is an
industry-leading, large-cap master limited partnership with
operations across the natural gas value chain from gathering,
processing and interstate transportation of natural gas and natural
gas liquids to petchem production of ethylene, propylene and other
olefins. With major positions in top U.S. supply basins, Williams
Partners owns and operates more than 33,000 miles of pipelines
system wide – including the nation’s largest volume and fastest
growing pipeline – providing natural gas for clean-power
generation, heating and industrial use. Williams Partners’
operations touch approximately 30 percent of U.S. natural gas.
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