Kirby Corporation Appoints Susan W. Dio to Board of Directors
January 24 2023 - 4:58PM
Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) ("Kirby" or “the Company”) today
announced the appointment of Susan W. Dio to the Company’s Board,
effective January 24, 2023. Following the appointment of Ms. Dio,
the Kirby Board of Directors will expand to ten directors, nine of
whom are independent.
Ms. Dio is a proven executive with more than 25
years of experience in international refining, petrochemicals and
oil and gas. She most recently served as Chairman and President of
BP America, providing oversight for BP’s businesses in the United
States. She previously served as Chief Executive Officer of BP
Shipping, where she reset the organization’s strategy and
operations while modernizing the company’s fleet. She also served
as BP’s Head of Audit for Refining and Marketing where she focused
on integrating safety and operational risk in the organization.
"We are delighted to welcome Susan to the Board
and look forward to benefiting from her strategic acumen and deep
industry experience,” said Joseph H. Pyne, Chairman of the Kirby
Board of Directors. “Susan’s appointment reflects our commitment to
ongoing Board refreshment and focus on adding diverse perspectives
and experiences. We look forward to benefiting from her insights as
we continue to provide high quality service and products in a safe,
environmentally responsible manner all while delivering significant
value to our customer."
Susan W. Dio said, “I am honored to serve on the
Board as Kirby continues to evolve its strategic priorities, build
on its momentum in its Marine Transportation business and progress
its electrification strategy in Distribution and Services. I look
forward to working with my fellow directors and the management team
to continue driving shareholder value.”
About Susan W. Dio From 2018
until her retirement in 2020, Ms. Dio served as Chairman and
President of BP America, where she provided leadership and
oversight to all BP businesses in the US. Between 2015 and 2018,
Ms. Dio was CEO of BP Shipping, which manages the fleet of
BP-operated and chartered vessels. While CEO of BP Shipping, she
served as an independent director with Britannia Steam Ship
Insurance Associations, Ltd., a mutual insurance association, and
was a director and vice chair of the Oil Companies International
Marine Forum. She also was a member of the supervisory board of the
UK Chamber of Shipping, a director and advisory committee member on
the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited and a
member’s representative with the Alaska Tanker Company. Previously,
Ms. Dio was based in Houston as BP’s Head of Audit for Refining and
Marketing and ran BP’s Bulwer Island Refinery in Brisbane,
Australia. She also led the restructuring of the BP chemicals
business at BP’s Texas City site outside of Houston after spending
several years managing the commercial business at the company’s
former refinery there. Earlier in her career, Ms. Dio worked in
other petrochemicals, engineering and commercial roles in Texas,
Alabama and London.
A certified chemical engineer, Ms. Dio earned
her bachelor’s degree with honors in chemical engineering from the
University of Mississippi. She subsequently served on engineering
advisory councils at Texas A&M University. A champion for women
in the energy industry, she received the Manufacturing Institute’s
STEP Award for Women in Manufacturing in 2014.
About Kirby Corporation Kirby
Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, is the nation’s largest
domestic tank barge operator transporting bulk liquid products
throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway, and coastwise along all three United States coasts. Kirby
transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products
and agricultural chemicals by tank barge. In addition, Kirby
participates in the transportation of dry-bulk commodities in
United States coastwise trade. Through the distribution and
services segment, Kirby provides after-market service and genuine
replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears,
electric motors, drives, and controls, specialized electrical
distribution and control systems, energy storage battery systems,
and related equipment used in oilfield services, marine, power
generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications. Kirby
also rents equipment including generators, industrial compressors,
high capacity lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers for use in a
variety of industrial markets. For the oil and gas market, Kirby
manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment,
including pressure pumping units, and manufactures electric power
generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and
control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems
for oilfield customers.
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