Valero Energy Corp - Company Profile
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The following section provides information on Valero Energy Corp’s senior management, executives, CEO and key decision makers and their roles in the organization. For more insight into Valero Energy Corp's management and employees, unlock the full data with our company analytics monitoring tool.
Executives
Joseph W. Gorder
Chairman Executive BoardMr. Gorder serves as the Chairman of the Board at Valero Energy Corporation since 2014. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer at Valero. Until his current appointment, Mr. Gorder served as the Chief Commercial Officer and President at Valero Europe. He has also served as Valero's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Supply, following tenure as the Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. Before joining Valero, he was the Vice President for Business Development at Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, Assistant Treasurer and a Director at Commercial and Industrial Sales.
R. Lane Riggs
Chief Executive Officer; Director Executive BoardMr. Riggs has been the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company since July 2023. Prior to this, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Valero. He is also appointed as President of the company since January 2020. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Refining Operations at the company from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Riggs has been with the company since 1989 and has served in many leadership positions. He began his career at Valero as a Process Engineer at the McKee Refinery and subsequently held management positions including General Manager of Process Engineering, Director of Supply and Optimization, Vice President of Refinery Planning and Economics, and Senior Vice President of Crude, Feedstock Supply and Trading before becoming Senior Vice President of Refining Operations.
Jason W. Fraser
Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer Senior ManagementMr. Jason W. Fraser has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company since 2020. Prior to this, he served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the company from 2019 to 2020. Before that, he served as the President of European Commercial Operations and Vice President of Specialty Products Marketing of the company.
Gary K. Simmons
Chief Operating Officer; Executive Vice President Senior ManagementMr. Gary K. Simmons has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office of the company since July 2023. Previously, he served as the Chief Commercial Officer of the company. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of Supply, International Operations and Systems Optimization at Valero. He joined Valero in 1987 and began his career as a Process Engineer at the Ardmore refinery and held many leadership positions including the Executive Director of Regional Development, Vice President and General Manager at the Ardmore refinery, Vice President and General Manager at the St. Charles refinery, and Vice President of Planning and Economics.
Mark Schmeltekopf
Chief Accounting Officer; Senior Vice President Senior ManagementMr. Mark Schmeltekopf is the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Valero. Prior to this, he served as the Executive Director of External Reporting of the company in 2003.
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