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Mr. Skains is the former Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (“Piedmont”), serving from 2002 as President and from 2003 as Chairman and CEO, until his retirement in 2016. Previously, Mr. Skains held various positions at Piedmont, including Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President — Marketing and Supply Services. Mr. Skains held positions of increasing responsibility with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (“Transco”), which he joined in 1981 as an attorney and served as corporate and senior attorney before being named Vice President in 1986 and Senior Vice President — Transportation and Customer Services in 1989. In 2016, Mr. Skains became a director at Duke Energy Corporation, where he has chaired its Regulatory Policy Committee and served on its Finance and Risk Management and Nuclear Oversight Committees, and where he currently serves on its Compensation and People Development and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Skains has served as a director of Truist Financial Corporation (formerly BB&T Corporation) since 2009, where he serves as Lead Independent Director and as a member of each of the Executive, Risk, and Nominating and Governance Committees, and where he previously chaired each of those committees. Mr. Skains has also served as a director at Truist Financial Corporation’s subsidiary, Truist Bank (formerly Branch Banking and Trust Company), since 2013, where he serves as a member of the Executive Committee and as a member and former chair of the Risk Committee. Mr. Skains previously served on the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was Chairman in 2015. He also served on the boards of several industry and community organizations, including GTI Energy, the American Gas Association (as Chairman in 2009), the Southern Gas Association (as Chairman in 2006), and the American Gas Foundation, a not-for-profit energy research group. Mr. Skains has been a Company director since 2016. Mr. Skains’ strong leadership and strategic management skills provide the Board with a valuable perspective on the complexities, challenges and opportunities facing the natural gas industry. Through his experiences at Piedmont and Transco, as well as his ongoing directorship at Duke Energy, Mr. Skains contributes significant knowledge of the legal and regulatory issues encountered by project sponsors in developing energy infrastructure, including natural gas pipeline projects. Mr. Skains brings to the Board extensive knowledge of the natural gas industry, and he is able to use his legal training and experience as a corporate energy attorney to provide valuable insight on legal and regulatory compliance matters, as well as risk management and corporate governance matters.
Personal Details
Title: Mr
Surname: Skains
DoB: 01/01/1957
Age: 69 years
M/F: Male
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
Qualification: BBA,JD
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Working history
Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy | Board | Member | 01/01/2016 | |
| Duke Energy | Nominations & Governance | Member | 01/01/2016 | |
| Duke Energy | Other | Member | 01/01/2016 | |
| Truist | Board | Member | 01/06/2009 | |
| Truist | Executive | Member | 01/06/2009 | |
| Truist | Nominations & Governance | Member | 01/06/2009 | |
| Truist | Risk & Compliance | Member | 01/06/2009 |
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