LISLE, Ill., Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SunCoke Energy
Partners GP LLC, the general partner of SunCoke Energy Partners,
L.P. (NYSE: SXCP), today announced the addition of three new
directors to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board").
Effective September 1, 2017,
John W. Somerhalder, II,
Martha Z. Carnes and Alvin Bledsoe will be joining the Board.
All three will serve on the Company's Audit Committee, which
will be chaired by Mr. Bledsoe. Mr. Somerhalder and Ms.
Carnes will also serve on the Board's Conflicts Committee, which
will be chaired by Mr. Somerhalder.
"John, Martha and Al bring a wealth of operational and financial
expertise to SunCoke Energy Partners," said Fritz Henderson, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of SunCoke Energy Partners GP LLC. "We are
very pleased that they have all agreed to join the board, and we
look forward to their contributions to the direction and growth of
our company in the years to come."
In connection with the appointment of Messrs. Somerhalder and
Bledsoe and Ms. Carnes to the Board, the following independent
directors each stepped down from the Board, effective September 1, 2017: C. Scott Hobbs, Wayne L.
Moore and Nancy M.
Snyder.
Henderson continued, "As original Board members since SXCP's
IPO, Scott, Wayne and Nancy have made numerous invaluable
contributions during their tenure. On behalf of the company,
we are grateful for their years of service and dedication."
Mr. John W. Somerhalder,
II, 60, has been the Interim President and CEO of
Colonial Pipeline Company (a refined products pipeline) since
February 2017. Prior to that, he was Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of AGL Resources, one of the nation's
largest natural gas distributors. Mr. Somerhalder has over
four decades of experience in the energy industry, including state
and regulatory experience in multiple jurisdictions. Prior to
joining AGL Resources, Mr. Somerhalder was President of El Paso
Pipeline Group and Executive Vice President of El Paso Corporation
(one of North America's largest
natural gas producers and a provider of natural gas and related
energy products, until its acquisition by Kinder Morgan in 2012). He is a past
Chairman of the board of directors of the American Gas Association
and of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. Mr.
Somerhalder currently serves as a director of CenterPoint Energy (a
major electric and natural gas utility serving markets in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas). In addition, he is a director of
Crestwood Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of Crestwood
Midstream Partners LP, and the Gas Technology Institute. He
also is a Member of the National Petroleum Council.
Ms. Martha Z. Carnes, 55,
retired in June 2016 from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. During her 34-year career with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, she held a number of leadership
positions, including as Managing Partner for the firm's
Houston, Texas office. As an
Assurance Partner serving large, publicly traded companies in the
energy industry, Ms. Carnes led PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's energy
and mining assurance, tax and advisory practices. She has
vast experience with capital markets activities and was the lead
audit partner on some of the largest merger and acquisition
transactions completed in the energy sector. Ms. Carnes
currently serves as a director and Audit Committee Chair of Core
Laboratories N.V. (one of the world's largest providers of core and
fluid analysis in the petroleum industry, headquartered in
Amsterdam). She is also a
director of Matrix Service Company (a provider of design,
engineering, construction, repair and maintenance services to
industrial and energy clients in North
America).
Mr. Alvin Bledsoe, 69,
retired in 2005 from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. During his
33-year career with PwC, Mr. Bledsoe served in several senior
roles, including as global leader for PwC's Energy, Mining and
Utilities Industries Assurance and Business Advisory Services
Group. Mr. Bledsoe is an experienced public accounting
executive with industry expertise in the mining, utilities and
energy industries. He has extensive knowledge of finance,
merger and acquisition transactions and major cost
restructurings. Mr. Bledsoe has been a director of SunCoke
Energy, Inc. since June 2011. In addition, Mr. Bledsoe is a
director and Audit Committee Chair of Crestwood Equity GP LLC
(general partner of Crestwood Equity Partners LP, a natural gas and
crude oil logistics master limited partnership holding
company).
ABOUT SUNCOKE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
SunCoke Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SXCP) is a publicly traded master limited
partnership that manufactures high-quality coke used in the blast
furnace production of steel and provides export and domestic coal
handling services to the coke, coal, steel and power industries. In
our cokemaking business, we utilize an innovative heat-recovery
technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power
generation and have long-term, take-or-pay coke contracts that pass
through commodity and certain operating costs. Our coal handling
terminals have the collective capacity to blend and transload more
than 40 million tons of coal each year and are strategically
located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and
international ports. SXCP's General Partner is a wholly owned
subsidiary of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC), which has more than
50 years of cokemaking experience serving the integrated steel
industry. To learn more about SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P., visit
our website at www.suncoke.com.
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