Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced that with the final distribution of KMI shares from the sponsor investors to management in December 2012 Richard D. Kinder will continue as chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan, but certain members of corporate and business unit management have indicated their intention to retire or take a different role in the organization. The key changes include Park Shaper, president of Kinder Morgan, will be retiring as president of the company, but will remain a member of the KMI board. He will resign from the boards of directors of KMR and the general partners of EPB and KMP effective March 31, 2013.

Steve Kean, currently executive vice president and COO and a member of the boards of directors of KMI and the general partner of EPB, will become president and COO of Kinder Morgan effective March 31, 2013. Kean has also been elected to the boards of directors of KMR and the general partner of KMP effective March 31, 2013. Jeff Armstrong, president of Kinder Morgan Terminals, will become vice president of corporate strategy for Kinder Morgan.

Schlosser is currently vice president of business development for Terminals and has been with Kinder Morgan. Tom Bannigan, president of Products Pipelines, is retiring and will be succeeded by Ron McClain, currently vice president of operations and engineering for the Products Pipelines group. McClain has been with Kinder Morgan for more than 30 years and has headed operations and engineering for Products Pipelines since 2005.

He previously was vice president of engineering for Natural Gas Pipelines. Tim Bradley, president of Kinder Morgan CO2, is retiring and will be succeeded by Jim Wuerth, who is currently vice president of finance and accounting for the CO2 segment. Wuerth has been with Kinder Morgan for more than 30 years.

Joe Listengart, vice president and general counsel, will be stepping down from his current position and will be succeeded by Dave DeVeau, currently vice president and deputy general counsel. Adam Forman, vice president and deputy general counsel, will assume the additional role of corporate secretary for the Kinder Morgan entities, reporting to DeVeau. David Kinder, vice president of Corporate Development and treasurer, will be retiring and will be succeeded by Dax Sanders as vice president of Corporate Development.

Kim Dang, vice president and CFO, will continue as CFO and will also assume responsibility for treasury and investor relations. David Michels currently vice president of finance, will become vice president of finance and investor relations for Kinder Morgan and CFO of EPB, reporting to Dang. Also reporting to Dang will be Anthony Ashley.

Currently director of finance, Ashley will become vice president and treasurer for Kinder Morgan. In addition to Rich Kinder, Kean, Dang and Armstrong, the other members of the senior management team that are staying with Kinder Morgan include Tom Martin, president of Natural Gas Pipelines, along with his entire senior commercial management team; Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada; and Jim Street, vice president of Human Resources and Administration.