AltaGas Ltd announced the appointment of Randall (Randy) Crawford as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective. Mr. Crawford will join the AltaGas senior leadership team in Calgary, Alberta, and will lead the next stages of the company’s on-going evolution.
Mr. Crawford is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years of experience in the natural gas industry. In his most recent role as Senior Vice President and President, Midstream and Commercial with EQT Corporation (EQT), a premier U.S. integrated gas company, Mr. Crawford successfully led EQT’s ambitious growth strategy in the Marcellus natural gas play. He has also held progressively senior roles at EQT’s regulated gas utility, including serving as its President.
Mr. Crawford will lead and develop AltaGas’ on-going strategy, including: strengthening AltaGas’ financial position; reshaping AltaGas to focus on opportunities in the Gas and U.S. Utilities segments; and, leveraging the existing Gas and U.S. Utilities businesses to drive the next phase of growth and value creation at AltaGas.
Prior to joining EQT, Mr. Crawford held various senior financial and regulatory management positions with Consolidated Natural Gas Company in Pittsburgh. Mr. Crawford previously served as a director for the American Gas Association, the Energy Association of Pennsylvania, the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. He’s a director of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, a member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Council, and a past West Virginia Wesleyan College Trustee.
