– USA, TX – APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced the election of Lamar McKay as the next chairman of the board of directors, to succeed John Lowe who will retire effective Sept. 1.
About Lamar McKay
Lamar McKay was appointed to the APA board in Feb. 2021 and has served on the Corporate Responsibility, Governance, and Nominating Committee and the Management Development and Compensation Committee. He also serves on the board of CRH PLC as a non-executive director. Before joining the APA board, he served as chief transition officer of BP PLC from October 2019 until his retirement in December 2020. He previously served as BP’s deputy CEO since February 2016. Before that role, from January 2013, McKay was CEO of BP’s worldwide upstream business. He was also chairman and president of BP America, Inc. and EVP of BP since January 2009. He began his career in 1980 with Amoco and held leadership positions of increasing responsibility throughout his career.
“We are pleased to announce Lamar will be assuming the role of APA board chair following my retirement,” said Mr. Lowe. “Lamar is a respected leader in the industry, with over 40 years of international natural gas and oil experience, and his appointment is a testament to his excellent working relationship with all of our board and senior management. On behalf of the entire board, we welcome Lamar as our next board chair.”
“We would like to thank John for his longstanding service to APA, as board chair since 2015, and as a director since 2013. John’s leadership helped guide the company through some of the most challenging years of its 68-year history. We greatly appreciate his vision, strategic guidance, and commitment and wish him the best in his future efforts,” said Lamar McKay.
About APA
APA Corporation owns consolidated subsidiaries that explore for and produce oil and natural gas in the United States, Egypt, and the United Kingdom and that explore for oil and natural gas offshore Suriname.
For more information: https://apacorp.com/
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