PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc.
(NYSE: CNX) today announced the election of Gregory A. Lanham and William N. Thorndike, Jr., as independent
members of its Board of Directors.
Mr. Gregory A. Lanham is the
Chief Executive Officer of FTS International, Inc. (FTSI), the
largest private oil field service company in North America, and has served as a member of
the FTSI board of directors since May
2011. Previously, Mr. Lanham was the Managing Director and
global head of energy and Managing Director of Investments for
Australia and New Zealand at Temasek Holdings (Private)
Limited, an investment company based in Singapore. Mr. Lanham is a graduate of the
University of Oklahoma and completed
executive management training with the Harvard
Business School. He is a registered Professional Engineer in
the state of Texas.
Prior to joining Temasek, Mr. Lanham spent 20 years with
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in positions of increasing
responsibility, including President and General Manager of
Anadarko's Asian subsidiary.
He previously held director positions at Venari Resources LLC and
Black Gold Energy LLC, and is currently a director of the United
Way of Tarrant County, Texas.
Mr. William N. Thorndike, Jr.,
founded Housatonic Partners, a private equity firm, in Boston, MA in 1994 and has been a Managing
Director since that time. Prior to founding Housatonic
Partners, Mr. Thorndike worked with T. Rowe Price Associates and
Walker & Company, a publishing company, where he was named to
the board of directors. Mr. Thorndike is a graduate of
Harvard College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Thorndike has served as a director of over 30 companies
since founding Housatonic Partners. He is currently a
director of Alta Colleges; Carillon Assisted Living, LLC; Lincoln
Peak Holdings, LLC; OASIS Group Ltd.; QMC International, LLC; and
White Flower Farm, Inc. He also serves as a Trustee of
Stanford Business School Trust, and WGBH, a public broadcaster
serving southern New England, and is the Chair of the Board of
Trustees of the College of the Atlantic. Mr. Thorndike is the
author of "The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their
Radically Rational Blueprint for Success".
"Greg and Will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to our
board of directors at a critical time for CONSOL Energy," stated
J. Brett Harvey, Executive Chairman,
CONSOL Energy. "As we continue on the path of implementing our
E&P growth strategy, their credentials are an important
addition and we are very excited to have them join our team."
CONSOL Energy is adding these new members to the Board of
Directors in anticipation of certain directors who have reached
retirement age not being nominated at the next annual shareholders
meeting. CONSOL's Corporate Governance Guideline policy
states that no director having attained the age of 75 shall be
nominated for re-election or re-appointment to CONSOL's Board of
Directors, absent a waiver of the policy by the applicable members
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board
of Directors.
CONSOL Energy is a Pittsburgh-based producer of natural gas and
coal. CONSOL is one of the largest independent natural gas
exploration, development and production companies, with operations
centered in the major shale formations of the Appalachian basin.
Additional information may be found at www.consolenergy.com.
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