Nominees for Election as Directors
Biographical information as of April 23, 2021, including principal occupation and business experience during the last five years, of each nominee for
director is set forth below. Unless otherwise stated, the principal occupation of each nominee has been the same for the past five years. In addition, each nominees experience, qualifications, attributes, or skills to serve on our Board are
set forth below. Pursuant to the Holding Company Reorganization, all references to a directors employment with APA prior to March 1, 2021 mean employment with Apache.
MARK BORER, 66
Mr. Borer has served as an independent member of our Board since June 2017. He has extensive experience in the energy
industry, spanning the areas of natural gas supply, gas storage, gathering and processing, natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines, wholesale marketing and trading, corporate risk management, M&A activities, operations, and capital
markets. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Borer served as President and CEO of DCP Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly-traded master limited partnership involved in the gathering, processing, transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas and
natural gas liquids.
Prior to serving as President and CEO of DCP Midstream Partners, Mr. Borer held various executive positions with DCP Midstream,
LLC and its predecessor companies from 1999 to 2006. Mr. Borer has served on the board of directors of Spire Inc. (NYSE: SR), a publicly-traded natural gas utility holding company, since 2014. He previously served as a director of
publicly-traded companies TEPPCO Partners from 2000 to 2005 and DCP Midstream Partners from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Borer has also served on industry boards including the Texas Pipeline Association and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
Mr. Borers service as a CEO and on multiple boards of directors of publicly-traded energy companies provides him with experience in the
financial and operational risks of an energy company. This experience assists our Board as it evaluates the Companys financial and operational risks and strategy. He is well qualified to serve on our Board due to this extensive experience in
the midstream energy industry.
CLAY BRETCHES, 56
Mr. Bretches has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of our Board since January 16,
2019. Mr. Bretches has also served as Executive Vice President, Operations of APA, since January 2020, having previously been appointed Senior Vice President U.S. Midstream Operations of APA in January 2019. He previously served as
President & CEO and a member of the board of directors of Sendero Midstream Partners, LP, an Energy Capital Partners backed midstream company, from March 15, 2014 until January 15, 2019. He has spent his career gaining a broad
base of experience in all sectors of energy, including upstream, midstream, and marketing.
Prior to joining Sendero, Mr. Bretches worked at Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation from November 2000 to March 2014 and held various executive management positions, including leadership of Anadarkos global crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids marketing organization and the Exploration and
Production Services division that provided centralized commercial, technical, and logistical support to all of Anadarkos worldwide operations. Prior to joining Anadarko, Mr. Bretches led the crude oil marketing and midstream operations
for Vastar Resources, Inc. He started his energy career at Arco Oil and Gas Company as an engineer, working on various drilling, completion, and reservoir engineering projects in West Texas and Mid-Continent
areas of operation. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Electric Power Research Institute and is the past board of directors president of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Gulf Coast Chapter.
Mr. Bretches is well qualified to serve on our Board due to his background as an experienced energy executive.
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