People: Blueknight Energy Partners LP (BKEP.OQ)
BKEP.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Market
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Duke Ligon |
71 | 2009 | Independent Chairman of the Board of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Mark Hurley |
53 | 2012 | Chief Executive Officer of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Alex Stallings |
45 | 2009 | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Jeffery Speer |
46 | 2010 | Senior Vice President - Operations of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
James Griffin |
35 | 2009 | Chief Accounting Officer of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Larry Hatley |
63 | 2010 | Vice President - Transportation, Marketing and Operations of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Jon Biotti |
44 | 2010 | Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Francis Brenner |
43 | 2012 | Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Michael Eisenson |
57 | 2010 | Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Miguel Loya |
57 | 2009 | Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Steven Bradshaw |
64 | 2009 | Independent Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
John Shapiro |
61 | 2009 | Independent Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Duke Ligon |
Mr. Duke R. Ligon is Independent Chairman of the Board of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. He has served as a director of Company's General Partner since October 2008. He is an attorney and served as senior vice president and general counsel of Devon Energy Corporation from January 1997 until he retired in February 2007. Since February 2007, Mr. Ligon has served in the capacity of Strategic Advisor to Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc., based in Oklahoma City, and has previously acted as Executive Director of the Love’s Entrepreneurship Center at Oklahoma City University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Post Rock Energy Corporation, Heritage Trust Company, Security State Bank, Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. (NYSE: PHX), Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (NYSE: PPD), SteelPath MLP Funds Trust and Vantage Drilling Company. He also has 20% beneficial ownership in Security State Bank. He was formerly on the Board of Directors of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (NYSE: TLP) and TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (NYSE: TPP). Mr. Ligon received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Westminster College and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. |
Mark Hurley |
Mr. Mark A. Hurley is Chief Executive Officer of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. Mr. Hurley has served as the Senior Vice President, Crude Oil and Offshore of Enterprise Products, LLC since 2010, where he led the newly formed crude oil and offshore business segment. Mr. Hurley began his career at Shell, where he served from 1981 to 2009, most recently as President of Shell Pipeline Co., LP. Mr. Hurley received his bachelor of science in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University. |
Alex Stallings |
Mr. Alex G. Stallings is Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. Mr. Stallings served as Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary of Company's General Partner from February 2007 to March 2009. Additionally, Mr. Stallings served as SemCorp’s Chief Accounting Officer from September 2002 to July 2008. Prior to joining SemCorp, Mr. Stallings served as Chief Accounting Officer for Staffmark, Inc., a temporary staffing company where he was responsible for the public reporting and integration of numerous acquisitions during his tenure. Mr. Stallings also previously was an audit manager for the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, working in its Tulsa, Oklahoma office. Mr. Stallings is a certified public accountant in the state of Oklahoma. |
Jeffery Speer |
Mr. Jeffery A. Speer is Senior Vice President - Operations of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. Previously, Mr. Speer had served as the Vice President of Operations for one of Company's subsidiaries since June 2009. He served as Vice President of Operations for SemCorp’s asphalt and emulsion business from June 2005 to June 2009. Prior to joining SemCorp, Mr. Speer served as Vice President of Operations for Koch Industries, Inc. and had operational responsibility for Koch’s crude oil and pipeline divisions in Oklahoma, Texas and Canada as well as Koch’s agricultural and asphalt and emulsion businesses. Mr. Speer has approximately twenty years experience in the energy industry and holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University. |
James Griffin |
Mr. James R. Griffin is Chief Accounting Officer of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. Mr. Griffin served as Company's General Partner’s controller from May of 2007 to March 2009 and SemCorp’s transactional services controller from September 2006 to May 2007. Prior to joining SemCorp, Mr. Griffin served in various capacities, most recently as an audit manager, for the public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, working in its Tulsa, Oklahoma office since January 2000. Mr. Griffin is a certified public accountant in the state of Oklahoma. |
Larry Hatley |
Mr. Larry E. Hatley is Vice President - Transportation, Marketing and Operations of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. Mr. Hatley served as a Regional Director of Marketing for Enterprise Products Partners LP from November 2009 until joining Company's General Partner. Previously he had served as a Director of Marketing for Teppco Partners LP from May 2009 until November 2009 and an asset manager for Teppco Partners LP from January 2006 until May 2009. |
Jon Biotti |
Mr. Jon M. Biotti is Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. He was appointed to the Board in connection with his affiliation with Charlesbank, which, together with Vitol, controls Company's General Partner. Mr. Biotti is a Managing Director of Charlesbank, which he joined in 1998 after graduating from Harvard Business School where he was an entrepreneurial studies fellow. Mr. Biotti also worked as a banking associate at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Mr. Biotti serves on the board of directors of several privately held Charlesbank portfolio companies. Mr. Biotti was also a board member of Regency Gas Services, representing Charlesbank which was Regency's founding equity investor. Educated at Harvard, Mr. Biotti received a Bachelors degree in government and sociology, an MBA and an MA in public administration. |
Francis Brenner |
Mr. Francis Brenner is Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. Mr. Brenner has served as the Investments Director for the Americas for Vitol Inc., a subsidiary of Vitol Holding B.V. (together with its subsidiaries, “Vitol”), since 2010. Between 2001 and 2010, Mr. Brenner was with Morgan Stanley, most recently as an Executive Director in the Morgan Stanley Commodities Group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Brenner was a project engineer and project manager at Tyco International, involved in the design and construction of utility infrastructure. Mr. Brenner holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. |
Michael Eisenson |
Mr. Michael R. Eisenson is Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. He was appointed to the Board in connection with his affiliation with Charlesbank, which, together with Vitol, controls Company's General Partner. Mr. Eisenson is a Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Charlesbank, which is a Boston-based private equity firm. Prior to co-founding Charlesbank in 1998, Mr. Eisenson was the President of Harvard Private Capital Group. He began his tenure at Harvard Management Company in 1986 as Managing Director. Before joining Harvard Management Company, Mr. Eisenson was with The Boston Consulting Group, a corporate strategy consulting firm. Mr. Eisenson serves on the board of directors of Animal Health International, Penske Auto Group and several privately held Charlesbank portfolio companies. Mr. Eisenson was also a board member of Regency Gas Services, representing Charlesbank which was Regency's founding equity investor. He is a graduate of Williams College, with a Bachelors degree in economics, and holds an MBA and a Juris Doctorate degree from Yale University. |
Miguel Loya |
Mr. Miguel A. Loya is Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. He was appointed to the Board in connection with his affiliation with Vitol, which, together with Charlesbank, controls Company's General Partner. Mr. Loya has served as a director of Vitol since 1997 and as the President of Vitol, Inc. since 1999. As such, he is Vitol’s senior shareholder responsible for the management of the Vitol Group’s trading activities, companies and assets in North and South America. Previously, Mr. Loya has enjoyed positions with Transworld Oil U.S.A., Inc., Tenneco Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corporation. He currently serves on the board of OTC Global Holdings Co., Yes Prep Public Schools and Pilot Travel Centers LLC. Mr. Loya holds an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. |
Steven Bradshaw |
Mr. Steven M. Bradshaw is Independent Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. He has over 30 years of experience in the global logistics and transportation industry and currently serves as the Managing Director at Global Logistics Solutions. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Bradshaw served as Vice President - Administration of Premium Drilling, Inc., an offshore drilling contractor that provides jack-up drilling services to the oil and gas industry in the United States and internationally. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Skaugen PetroTrans, Inc. from 2001 to 2003 and as President, Refined Products Division at Kirby Corporation, from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Bradshaw also served as an officer in the United States Navy and holds an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelors degree in mathematics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. |
John Shapiro |
Mr. John A. Shapiro is Independent Director of Blueknight Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of Blueknight Energy Partners LP. Mr. Shapiro retired as an officer at Morgan Stanley & Co. where he had served for more than 24 years in various capacities, most recently as Global Head of Commodities. While an officer at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Shapiro participated in the acquisitions of TransMontaigne Inc. and Heidmar Inc. and served as a member of the board of directors of both companies. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley & Co., Mr. Shapiro worked for Conoco, Inc. and New England Merchants National Bank. Mr. Shapiro has been a lecturer at Princeton University, Harvard University School of Government, HEC Business School (Paris, France) and Oxford University Energy Program (Oxford, UK). In addition, he serves on the board of directors of Citymeals-on-Wheels and holds an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelors degree in economics from Princeton University. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Duke Ligon |
-- |
Mark Hurley |
3,032,780 |
Alex Stallings |
626,745 |
Jeffery Speer |
500,724 |
James Griffin |
400,476 |
Larry Hatley |
482,393 |
Jon Biotti |
-- |
Francis Brenner |
-- |
Michael Eisenson |
-- |
Miguel Loya |
-- |
Steven Bradshaw |
-- |
John Shapiro |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Duke Ligon |
0 | 0 |
Mark Hurley |
0 | 0 |
Alex Stallings |
0 | 0 |
Jeffery Speer |
0 | 0 |
James Griffin |
0 | 0 |
Larry Hatley |
0 | 0 |
Jon Biotti |
0 | 0 |
Francis Brenner |
0 | 0 |
Michael Eisenson |
0 | 0 |
Miguel Loya |
0 | 0 |
Steven Bradshaw |
0 | 0 |
John Shapiro |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
BRADSHAW STEVEN M |
2,500 | $0.00 |
STALLINGS ALEX GREGORY |
7,500 | $6.80 |
SPEER JEFFREY A |
20,000 | $0.00 |

