Kenneth L. Stewart

Mr. Stewart was appointed to the Board in 2017.

Mr. Stewart was most recently employed as Executive Vice President, Compliance and Legal Affairs, for Children’s Health System of Texas, a position that he began on January 1, 2019, and from which he retired on January 2, 2021. Children’s Health System of Texas and its affiliates constitute one of the 10 largest pediatric hospital systems in the United States. Previously, effective December 31, 2018, Mr. Stewart retired from Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, which constitutes the United States operations of Norton Rose Fulbright, an international legal practice with 3,700 legal professionals in over 50 cities worldwide. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Stewart was a Partner with Norton Rose Fulbright and held the position of Chair—United States.

Mr. Stewart began his legal career with Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, the predecessor to Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, and previously held at differing times positions of Global Chair of the international organization, Managing Partner of the United States region, and Partner-in-Charge of the Dallas office. Prior to entering into full-time management for his firm in 2012, he engaged in a domestic and international transactional legal practice, focusing principally on the merger, acquisition, financing, and joint venture activities for both public and privately-held entities. Mr. Stewart has extensive experience representing and advising companies and their executive officers and boards of directors engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and midstream activities. Since his retirement from Norton Rose Fulbright, Mr. Stewart has acted, and from time to time continues to act, on a limited basis as an independent contractor senior business consultant to family offices for which he provided services during his legal career.