Energy Distribution Partners CEO and leadership

Thomas Knauff is a Partner at VBU Verbund beratender Unternehmer, University lecturer for innovation management & change management at Fachhochschule des Mittelstandes Bielefeld, and Chief Executive Officer at Energy Distribution Partners and is based in Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia State, Germany. He has worked as Engineering Manager in Civil Aerospace - Business Aviation at Rolls Royce PLC, Business Manager Civil Airlines at Rolls Royce PLC, and Programme Manager Defence at Rolls Royce PLC. Thomas studied at FH Aachen.

Boyd H. McGathey, Chief Operating Officer, has nearly 30 years of experience in the propane industry. He has served in a variety of senior level positions where he managed retail operations, sales, safety, service quality, customer retention and profitability, among other responsibilities. Mr. McGathey most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for WESROC Monitoring Solutions, an Independent Technologies company that provides tank monitoring equipment for propane and refined products industries. Prior to that, he held executive positions with a number of multi-state marketers including Inergy Propane, Liberty Propane and Ferrellgas. Mr. McGathey is a Marine Corp. Veteran and Board Member of the International Young Gassers Association.