Oil & Gas Journal - Valero names Klesse chief executive officer

Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, named Executive Vice-Pres. and Chief Operating Officer Bill Klesse chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2006.
Bill Greehey, chairman and CEO, said he wants to step down as CEO to focus on his responsibilities as chairman. He said he plans to remain actively involved in Valero's strategic direction.
Klesse has almost 37 years of industry experience, having worked in commercial operations and refining, corporate development and new ventures, planning, public affairs, logistics and strategy, and marketing.
He joined Valero as executive vice-president of refining in 2001 and was promoted to his current position in 2003. Klesse started his career with Diamond Shamrock in 1969. Valero acquired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. in a $6 billion transaction at the end of 2001 (OGJ Online, Jan. 2, 2002). ">Oil & Gas Journal - Valero names Klesse chief executive officer: "Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, named Executive Vice-Pres. and Chief Operating Officer Bill Klesse chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2006.
Bill Greehey, chairman and CEO, said he wants to step down as CEO to focus on his responsibilities as chairman. He said he plans to remain actively involved in Valero's strategic direction.
Klesse has almost 37 years of industry experience, having worked in commercial operations and refining, corporate development and new ventures, planning, public affairs, logistics and strategy, and marketing.
He joined Valero as executive vice-president of refining in 2001 and was promoted to his current position in 2003. Klesse started his career with Diamond Shamrock in 1969. Valero acquired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. in a $6 billion transaction at the end of 2001 (OGJ Online, Jan. 2, 2002). "