BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Jan. 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek US Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Delek US") announced that its Board of Directors has
appointed Christine Benson
Schwartzstein to serve as an independent director effective
immediately. Ms. Benson will stand for election at the Company's
2024 annual meeting of stockholders, on May
2, 2024. Following the appointment, the board of Delek US
will comprise of 10 directors, 8 of which are
independent.
"The board is pleased to welcome Ms. Benson. Her experience in
risk management, capital markets, and green energies will provide
us with instrumental insights," said Uzi
Yemin, Executive Chairman of Delek US.
"We are excited to have Ms. Benson join our board. Given her
understanding of Delek and our assets, we look forward to Ms.
Benson's insight as we execute on our strategic initiative to
create value for shareholders," added Avigal Soreq, President and
CEO of Delek US.
Ms. Benson has nearly 20 years of experience in natural
resources risk management, capital markets, and investing. She is
currently a director of Apollo Infrastructure Company LLC, as well
as Talen Energy Corporation. She previously served as a member of
the Senior Advisory Board of Orion Infrastructure Capital, until
2023 after serving as a Managing Director and Investment Principal
from 2021 to 2022. Before joining Orion Infrastructure Capital, Ms.
Benson spent 17 years in various roles at Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ms. Benson received an A.B. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, magna
cum laude, from Harvard University in
2004.
About Delek US Holdings, Inc.
Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a diversified downstream energy
company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, pipelines,
renewable fuels and convenience store retailing. The refining
assets consist primarily of refineries operated
in Tyler and Big Spring, Texas, El Dorado,
Arkansas and Krotz Springs, Louisiana with a
combined nameplate crude throughput capacity of 302,000 barrels per
day. Pipeline assets include an ownership interest in the
650-mile Wink to Webster long-haul crude oil
pipeline. The convenience store retail segment operates
approximately 250 convenience stores in West
Texas and New Mexico.
The logistics operations include Delek Logistics Partners, LP
(NYSE: DKL). Delek Logistics Partners, LP is a growth-oriented
master limited partnership focused on owning and operating
midstream energy infrastructure assets. Delek US Holdings, Inc. and
its subsidiaries owned approximately 78.7% (including the general
partner interest) of Delek Logistics Partners, LP at September
30, 2023.
Information about Delek US Holdings, Inc. can be found on its
website (www.delekus.com), investor relations webpage
(ir.delekus.com), news webpage (www.delekus.com/news) and its
Twitter account (@DelekUSHoldings).
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