National Fuel Gas Company Appoints Jeffrey Hart as Vice President of Corporate Responsibility
July 07 2020 - 12:16PM
National Fuel Gas Company (“National Fuel” or the “Company”) (NYSE:
NFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey F. Hart as
the Company’s first Vice President of Corporate Responsibility.
“The creation of this new post recognizes the expanding scope of
National Fuel’s corporate responsibility initiatives, as well as
its strategic importance,” said David P. Bauer, National Fuel Gas
Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Jeff will enhance
the Company’s ongoing focus on significant environmental, social,
and governance (ESG) issues, and further reinforce the Company’s
commitment to our six guiding principles of safety, environmental
stewardship, community, innovation, satisfaction, and
transparency.”
Hart joined the Company in 1984 and since that time has held
numerous management and executive-level positions in the Company’s
Consumer Business, Operations, and Energy Marketing areas. This
experience represents a cross-section of the Company’s
customer-facing and field operations, which involve interaction
with and consideration of multiple types of stakeholders. Hart
holds a bachelor’s degree in management and finance and master’s
degrees in business administration and public accounting from
Canisius College.
Hart’s extensive experience and understanding of the Company’s
operations will allow him to lead the Company’s Corporate
Responsibility Management Committee, which engages subject matter
experts from different operating segments who provide reporting
information and support sustainable business practices.
Additionally, Hart will be responsible for ESG disclosure and
identifying further sustainable business practices for the Company
to consider strategic decision making across the Company. He will
also be responsible for regularly updating the Corporate
Responsibility Executive Committee, comprised of senior management
who are accountable for integrating applicable sustainability
practices in their respective areas, and the Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, which
provides board-level oversight and guidance for corporate
responsibility strategy and reporting, which includes ESG matters,
that are important to the Company and its
stakeholders.
National Fuel is a diversified energy company headquartered in
Western New York that operates an integrated collection of natural
gas and oil assets across four business segments: Exploration and
Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, and Utility.
Additional information about National Fuel is available at
www.nationalfuel.com.
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Analyst Contact:
Kenneth E. Webster
716-857-7067
Media Contact:
Karen L. Merkel
716-857-7654
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