Marietta, Ohio-based Peoples Bancorp, Inc., the bank holding company of the $7 billion Peoples Bank, has elected Kevin R. Reeves to its board of directors.
Reeves, 55, is head of U.S. Markets in Zero Carbon Energy for BP’s Gas & Low Carbon Energy Group in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked for BP LC, considered one of the world’s leading integrated oil and gas companies, since 2014. He has led the company’s energy marketing work in the Midwest and Northeast as vice president, natural gas and power origination.
Reeves has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry, including for American Electric Power Service Corp. from 2002-14 in Columbus, Ohio; Reliant Energy Wholesale Group in Houston from 1999 to 2002; and Enron North America in Houston from 1995-99.
Prior to his private sector career, Reeves served as a PATRIOT missile battery launcher platoon leader in Germany and Saudi Arabia during the First Gulf War. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
“We are thrilled to have Kevin join our board,” said Susan Rector, Peoples’ chair of the board. “His knowledge of the energy sector and deep experience in risk management will be of great value to the board given the significance of the industry to Peoples’ footprint and the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance issues.”
Peoples Bancorp President and CEO Chuck Sulerzyski shared similar sentiments. “Kevin is an excellent addition to our board,” he said. “He has a great deal of familiarity with our markets as a result of his many years of experience building relationships with wholesale power and natural gas customers in the Midwest and Northeast for BP. He will bring valuable insights and perspective to the board. I am delighted that he has joined us.”