Rawlinson
Grossi
Keating
Wallis
advisor and the appointment of a new CFO. The board
of directors has retained Jefferies LLC to advise the
company in connection with one or more potential
strategic transactions, including possible sales or dis-
positions of assets, joint ventures, strategic partner-
ships or other similar transactions. The company has
also appointed a new CFO. Effective immediately,
Richard Scott Sloan will serve as executive vice pres-
ident and CFO. Sloan will remain on the board, on
which he has served since August 2017, but step down
from his roles as chair of the audit committee and
member of the compensation committee of the board.
Sloan previously held various senior leadership posi-
tions over his 27-year career at BP and Hess. He re-
ceived his BA in Economics from Colgate University
and MBA in Corporate Finance from the University
of Chicago. On September 26, 2017, Richard A. Robert,
Vanguard’s former executive vice president and CFO
tendered his immediate resignation. On September
26, 2017, Randall M. Albert was elected to join the
board, filling the vacancy created by Robert’s resigna-
tion. Albert will stand for reelection at the company’s
next annual meeting of stockholders. Albert most
recently retired from CONSOL Energy after a 34-year
career, last serving as COO-Gas. Albert also currently
serves as an independent director of Eclipse Resources
and non-executive board member at Wellsite Rentals,
and is the immediate past chairman of the Marcellus
Shale Coalition and a member of the Virginia Tech
Mining and Minerals Engineering Advisory Board.
Albert holds a BS in Mining Engineering from Virginia
Tech. Additionally, the common stock of Vanguard
Natural Resources will begin trading over-the-counter
today on the OTCQX Market under the symbol VNRR.
WALLIS JOINS NGP AS PARTNER
James Wallis has joined NGP, a private equity firm in
the energy and natural resources industry, as a partner
in the firm’s Houston office. Wallis was previously a
managing director with Lime Rock Partners in its
Houston office. He joined the firm in 2007 and was
primarily focused on sourcing, evaluating, and investing in North American E&P and oilfield service opportunities. Prior to joining Lime Rock, Wallis worked
in the energy investment banking groups of Merrill
Lynch and Petrie Parkman & Co.
CHESAPEAKE APPOINTS KEATING TO BOARD
Chesapeake has appointed Leslie S. Keating to the
Board of Directors. Keating will serve as a member of
the Audit Committee and the Compensation Com-
mittee and will stand for re-election at the 2018 annual
meeting of shareholders. Keating currently serves as
executive vice president of supply chain strategy and
transformation for Advance Auto Parts. Keating joined
Advance Auto Parts in March of 2017 following a 31-
year career with PepsiCo. While at PepsiCo, Keating
most recently served as senior vice president – supply
chain. Keating graduated from Virginia Tech with a
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and holds
an executive MBA from Georgia State University.
OPENLINK NAMES GROSSI CEO, O’MALLEY
ASSUMES ROLE OF CHAIRMAN
Openlink, a provider of trading, treasury, and risk
management solutions for the energy, commodities,
corporate, and financial services industries, has promoted Rich Grossi to CEO. John O’Malley has transitioned to the role of executive chairman of the board.
Grossi holds nearly 20 years of operational and technological experience at Openlink. As CTO, he oversaw
the development of Openlink’s products and technology as well as management of the company’s IT and
information security. Previously, Rich spent nearly a
decade directing Openlink’s global operations.
RAWLINSON JOINS EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND
Matthew C. Rawlinson has joined the litigation
practice group of Eversheds Sutherland in the firm’s
Houston office. Rawlinson previously served as a partner at Hicks Thomas LLP. Rawlinson represents a
broad array of clients in complex commercial and
energy-litigation matters in many state and federal
courts at both the trial and appellate levels. With more
than 18 years of experience, he is well-versed in handling oil and gas industry commercial disputes. He
regularly works with investors, energy providers, project developers, underwriters and commodity trading
firms to navigate the emerging issues that arise from
oilfield services, interstate gas pipeline projects, and
energy sector contracts.
SECURE ENERGY SERVICES MAKES
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Secure Energy Services Inc. has made various management changes. Allen Gransch has been named
executive vice president of corporate development.
Gransch joined Secure in September 2007 and has
served as the company’s executive vice president and
CFO since December 2012. Secure has appointed Chad
Magus as executive vice president and CFO. Magus
joined Secure in June 2014 and most recently served
as the company’s vice president of corporate finance.
Prior to joining Secure, Magus spent over 10 years with
an oil and gas exploration and production company
in a variety of finance, accounting, and financial reporting roles. Magus is a Chartered Accountant and
holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sas-
