, /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of (NYSE: OKE) has elected , and to its board, effective today.
'We are pleased to announce these additions to the ONEOK board of directors,' said , ONEOK chairman. 'Their experience and expertise will greatly benefit our board and shareholders.'
With these elections, the ONEOK board of directors now has 12 members, 10 of whom are independent. retired from the board earlier this month after 34 years of service, and retired from the board in May after 26 years of service.
'Derksen, Larson and McCarthy bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our board, and we look forward to their contributions,' said , chairman of the corporate governance committee and lead independent director.
Derksen, 64, served as global deputy chief executive officer of from 2011 until 2014, and as deputy chief executive officer of Deloitte U.S. from 2003 to 2011. Prior to that, he was U.S. managing partner of the financial advisory business unit of Deloitte U.S. and regional managing partner of the mid-America region of Deloitte U.S.
Derksen earned a Bachelor of Science from the (Canada) and a Master of Business Administration from .
Larson, 58, served as chief executive officer of the general partner of from 2006 until 2009, and as its chief financial officer from 2003 to 2006, and served as its controller from 2002 to 2003.
Before joining , Larson was a partner with in its and National () offices. Prior to that, he served as a Professional Accounting Fellow in the . Larson also serves on the board of directors of . He also formerly served as a director of the general partner of prior to its merger with .
Larson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the - and a Master of Business Administration from the - Madison.
McCarthy, 56, is a co-founder and managing partner for . He is responsible for master limited partnership private equity investments and serves as chairman, president and chief executive officer of the (KYN), (KYE), (KMF) and (KED).
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2004, McCarthy was global head of energy investment banking at where he had senior responsibility for all of UBS' energy investment banking activities, including direct responsibilities for securities underwriting and mergers and acquisitions in the MLP industry. From 1995 to 2000, he led the energy investment banking activities of Dean Witter Reynolds and then . McCarthy also serves on the board of directors of .
McCarthy earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and geology from and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the .
(pronounced ONE-OAK) (NYSE: OKE) is the general partner and as of , owns 41.2 percent of (NYSE: OKS), one of the largest publicly traded master limited partnerships, which owns one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent, Permian and regions with key market centers and is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. ONEOK is a FORTUNE 500 company and is included in () 500 Stock Index.
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