Kirby Corporation Appoints Shawn D. Williams as New Independent Member of Board of Directors Effective July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021 at 04:30 pm EDT
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Kirby Corporation announced the appointment of Shawn D. Williams as a new independent member of the Kirby Board of Directors effective July 27, 2021. Mr. Williams has an extensive background in the chemicals industry with professional and board experience, and Kirby is pleased to welcome him to its Board of Directors. Since June 2021, Mr. Williams has served as the Chairman of the Board of Managers and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Covia Holdings LLC, a provider of minerals-based solutions serving the industrial and energy markets. Prior to his appointment as Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Williams was Chairman of the Board of Managers and also a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Prior to joining Covia Holdings, Mr. Williams served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nexeo Plastics Holdings Inc., a global plastics distributor, from 2019 to 2020.
Kirby Corporation is a domestic tank barge operator. The Company transports bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and coastwise along all three United States coasts. The Company, through its marine transportation segment (KMT), transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barge. It also participates in the transportation of dry-bulk commodities in the United States coastwise trade. Through its distribution and services segment (KDS), it sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears and power generation equipment used in oil and gas and commercial and industrial applications. It also rents a variety of power generation and industrial equipment, manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, and manufactures electric power generation equipment for oilfield service customers.
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