Pittsburgh, Pa., USA - October 3, 2014, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA - Consol Energy Inc., a producer of natural gas and coal, announced the election of Gregory A. Lanham and William N. Thorndike, Jr., as independent members of its board of directors.
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Mr. Lanham is the Chief Executive Officer of FTS International, Inc. (FTSI), the largest private oil field service company in North America, and has served as a member of the FTSI board of directors since May 2011.
Previously, Mr. Lanham was the Managing Director and global head of energy and Managing Director of Investments for Australia and New Zealand at Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, an investment company based in Singapore.
Prior to joining Temasek, he spent 20 years with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility, including President and General Manager of Anadarko's Asian subsidiary. He previously held director positions at Venari Resources LLC and Black Gold Energy LLC, and is currently a director of the United Way of Tarrant County, Texas.
Mr. Lanham is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and completed executive management training with the Harvard Business School. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.
Mr. Thorndike, Jr., founded Housatonic Partners, a private equity firm, in Boston, MA in 1994 and has been a Managing Director since that time. Prior to founding Housatonic Partners, Mr. Thorndike worked with T. Rowe Price Associates and Walker & Company, a publishing company, where he was named to the board of directors.
Mr. Thorndike has served as a director of more than 30 companies since founding Housatonic Partners. He is currently a director of Alta Colleges; Carillon Assisted Living, LLC; Lincoln Peak Holdings, LLC; OASIS Group Ltd.; QMC International, LLC; and White Flower Farm, Inc. He also serves as a Trustee of Stanford Business School Trust, and WGBH, a public broadcaster serving southern New England, and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the College of the Atlantic. ■