Officers

Paul Veatch

Senior Vice President & Regional Manager – Mid-Continent

Paul Veatch was appointed senior vice president and regional manager of the Mid-Continent regions in March 2006. Mr. Veatch joined SM Energy in April 2001 as Regional Acquisition and Divestiture engineer of the ArkLaTex region. He was manager of Engineering from April 2003 to August 2004 and vice president, general manager, ArkLaTex from August 2004 to March 2006.

Prior to joining SM Energy, Mr. Veatch worked in various engineering and supervisory roles at Burlington Resources from November 1994 to April 2001. Before Burlington Resources, he held various engineering and operations positions for Arco Oil & Gas Company (subsequently Vastar Resources) in Louisiana and Texas from July 1989 until November 1994.