By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov.23 -- Steve Malcolm, chairman, president and CEO of Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, announced that Phillip D. Wright will become senior vice-president of the company's natural gas pipeline business, effective Jan. 3. Wright will succeed J. Douglas Whisenant, who is retiring.
Wright, joined Williams in 1989 after 13 years with ConocoPhillips Co. Since October 2002, Wright has served as Williams' chief restructuring officer. Among Wright's other leadership roles at Williams are his service as chairman of Williams Energy Partners L.P., which the company formed in 2001, and CEO of the unit that included exploration and production, midstream and petroleum businesses.
