Biography

Mr. Fink has been a director of the company since July 2024. He is a member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Fink was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, from November 2018 until its acquisition by Occidental Petroleum Corporation in August 2019. He served as Chairman of NYSE-listed Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners L.P. from 2018-2019, as the President & CEO of both entities from 2017-2018, and as their Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009-2017. Mr. Fink served as an independent director and Audit Committee Chairman of Zimmer Energy Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed blank check company formed to seek investment opportunities in the energy transition space, from June 2021 to June 2023. Mr. Fink also currently serves on the board of directors of the parent companies of Salt Creek Midstream, LLC, a leading gatherer and processor of natural gas and crude oil in the Permian Basin. Mr. Fink received a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute.

Mr. Fink was selected to serve as a director due to his financial expertise and executive experience with public companies in the energy sector.