Dan Romasko, former Executive Vice President of Operations for Tesoro Corporation, has been named President and CEO of Motiva Enterprises LLC. He replaces Bob Pease, who has served with distinction for the past 5 years and will return to Shell, effective February 1. Dan brings with him a wealth of experience in operational excellence and margin delivery from his previous roles, as well as a successful history of helping to drive alignment around an agreed vision and improving business performance.

Since March 2011, Dan has been Executive Vice President of Operations for Tesoro Corporation where he provided operational leadership to the refining, marketing, logistics and marine organizations.

Prior to joining Tesoro, Dan held the positions of Vice President, Operations Integrity and Vice President, Technical Operations and Competence at Suncor Energy. In these roles he was responsible for implementation of Suncors operational excellence strategy with particular emphasis on improving reliability, safety and environmental performance.

He built his extensive experience in the refining industry with ConocoPhillips, having held numerous leadership positions in transportation, pipeline, supply and trading, global specialty products and refining, during his 20 years with the company.

Dan earned a Bachelors of Science degree in chemical engineering from Montana State University.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva Enterprises LLC is a refining, distribution and marketing joint venture owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi Aramco. Motivas marketing operations support a network of approximately 8,300 Shell-branded gasoline stations in the eastern and southern United States. Motiva assets include three refineries located in Norco and Convent, Louisiana, as well as Port Arthur, Texas. Motiva also has full and partial ownership interests in 36 product terminals.