Dennis H. Reilley

INDEPENDENT

Extensive Strategy and Finance Experience in the Industrial Gas Industry

Background

• Dennis Reilley served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, Inc., a worldwide industrial gases company now part of Linde plc, from 2000 until his retirement in 2007.
• Before joining Praxair, Inc., Mr. Reilley held several senior executive positions at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Vice President and General Manager of the Lycra business, Vice President and General Manager of its specialty chemicals division and Vice President and General Manager of its titanium dioxide division.  Mr. Reilley previously served as a senior executive at Conoco Inc.
• Mr. Reilley also previously served as Chairman of the Board of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) and as Chairman of the Board of Covidien (NYSE: COV).
• Mr. Reilley has also served on the boards of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE: DD), CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), H.J. Heinz & Co. (NYSE: KHC), and Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR).
• Mr. Reilley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Oklahoma State University.

Qualifications, Attributes and Key Skills

• Mr. Reilley has extensive executive leadership in the industrial gases industry, as well as at several major multinational, capital-intensive companies, with deep chemical, industrial and energy sector experience.
• Mr. Reilley has substantial executive leadership, corporate governance, strategy and finance experience based on his long service as a public company Chief Executive Officer and director. 
• Mr. Reilley has a superb record of building high-performance teams and culture to the Board.