Norman J. Szydlowski
SemGroup Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer
Norman J. Szydlowski has served as a director and as president and chief executive officer of SemGroup® Corporation since November 2009. From January 2006 until January 2009, Szydlowski served as president and chief executive officer of Colonial Pipeline Company, an interstate common carrier of petroleum products. From 2004 to 2005, he served as a senior consultant to the Iraqi Ministry of Oil in Baghdad on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, where he led an advisory team in the rehabilitation, infrastructure security and development of future strategy of the Iraqi oil sector. From 2002 until 2004, he served as vice president of refining for Chevron Corporation (formerly ChevronTexaco), one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies. Szydlowski joined Chevron in 1981 and served in various capacities of increasing responsibility in sales, planning, supply chain management, refining and plant operations, transportation and construction engineering. Szydlowski graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a master’s degree in business administration. He also holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University.
As the current president and chief executive officer of SemGroup, Szydlowski provides a management representative on the Board with knowledge of the day-to-day operations of SemGroup obtained as a result of his role. Thus, he can facilitate the Board’s access to timely and relevant information and its oversight of management’s strategy, planning and performance. In addition, Szydlowski brings to the Board considerable management and leadership experience, most recently as president and chief executive officer of Colonial Pipeline Company, as well as extensive knowledge of the energy industry and of our business gained during his 29-year career in the energy business.