Karl F. Kurz

Karl Kurz was appointed on May 1 1, 2018 as non-executive Chairman of the Board of American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company. He was initially appointed as an independent member of American Water's board of directors on February 2015.

Mr. Kurz is a former chief operating officer for Anadarko and also held management positions at Vastar Resources and ARCO Oil and Gas. Most recently, Mr. Kurz served as a managing director of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, a global private equity firm, from 2009 to 2012.

Prior to CCMP, Mr. Kurz spent nine years with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world, last serving as chief operating officer from December 2006 to 2009. He was responsible for overseeing the company's global exploration and production, marketing, midstream, land, technology and service businesses.

Mr. Kurz also previously served as general manager of midstream and marketing for Vastar Resources, Inc. where he managed the company's marketing of oil, natural gas liquids, gas and gas processing. He also held management positions at ARCO Oil & Gas Company in several business units including reservoir engineering, production, operations, crude oil marketing, and financial trading.

Mr. Kurz currently serves on the boards of WPX Energy Inc. and SemGroup Corporation. He previously served as a board member of the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Natural Gas Supply Association, Western Gas Partners LP, and Siluria Technologies.

Mr. Kurz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.