Atmos Energy Corp. Promotes Kevin Akers to Senior Vice President, Safety & Enterprise Services & Matt Robbins to Senior Vice ...
November 30 2016 - 5:01PM
Business Wire
Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today announced two
important promotions to its senior management team, effective
January 1, 2017. Kevin Akers who is currently President of the
Kentucky/Mid-States Division has been promoted to the position of
Senior Vice President, Safety and Enterprise Services, replacing
Marvin Sweetin who will retire December 31, 2016. The company also
promoted Matt Robbins, currently Vice President, Human Resources to
Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Both positions will report
directly to Mike Haefner, President and Chief Operating Officer,
and serve on the company’s Management Committee.
“Atmos Energy is fortunate to have two outstanding leaders like
Kevin Akers and Matt Robbins to assume these expanded roles,” said
Mike Haefner, President and Chief Operating Officer. “They both
have proven track records of collaborative high-performance
leadership and their deep knowledge of our business will benefit
all our stakeholders.”
Akers joined Atmos Energy in 1991 as an engineer and held
several leadership roles in the regulated utility, serving as
President of the Mississippi Division from 2002 to 2007 and as
President of the Kentucky/Mid-States Division since May 2007. Akers
will have overall responsibility for pipeline and distribution
safety and compliance, business processes and change management,
new technology evaluation and deployment, as well as supply chain
and facilities management. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in
petroleum engineering from the University of Alabama.
Robbins joined the company in May 2013 as Director of
Compensation and Benefits and was promoted to Vice President, Human
Resources in February 2015. Robbins will now be responsible for all
human resources functions across the enterprise. Before joining
Atmos Energy, Robbins had 20 years of employee benefits experience,
including eight leadership roles. Matt holds a master’s degree from
the University of Texas at Arlington and a bachelor’s degree from
Abilene Christian University.
About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the
country's largest natural-gas-only distributor, 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 currently 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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