Mr Karl Kurz

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Bio

Karl Kurz is a Managing Director in the Houston office of CCMP Capital and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Before joining CCMP in 2009, he was chief operating officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, where he oversaw the company’s global exploration and production, marketing, midstream, land, technology and services. Mr. Kurz joined Anadarko in October 2000 as manager of marketing, planning and business development before his promotion to manager of midstream and marketing in 2001 and then to vice president of midstream and marketing in 2003. In 2005, he was named senior vice president of U.S. onshore and marketing; in 2006, he was promoted to senior vice president of North America operations, midstream and marketing. He was a member of the company’s executive committee from 2004 to 2009. Prior to joining Anadarko, Mr. Kurz was general manager of midstream and marketing for Vastar Resources, Inc. In this role, he managed the company’s marketing of oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), gas and gas processing. He originally joined Vastar in 1995 as manager of crude oil and NGL marketing. Prior to joining Vastar, Mr. Kurz held various positions at ARCO Oil and Gas Company. His experiences at ARCO included reservoir engineering, production operations, crude oil marketing, hedging, and financial trading. Mr. Kurz has served as a board member of the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Natural Gas Supply Association, Western Gas Partners LP and the Carl McCain Foundation. He currently serves on the board of directors of Chaparral Energy, Newark E&P Holdings and SemGroup, LP. Mr. Kurz holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and he is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

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