Alyeska names Brigham McCown new president; Tom Barrett retiring

Petroleum News

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. said Dec. 23 that Brigham A. McCown will become the next president of the company in January, a selection announced by the TAPS Owners Committee.

McCown is the second company president hired as an Alyeska employee following Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett, USCG (Ret.) who joined the company in January 2011 and is retiring.

Alyeska said McCown has more than three decades of executive management, legal and operational experience in the infrastructure and transportation industries. He is currently chairman and CEO of Nouveau Consulting where he advises on matters pertaining to federal security and safety regulations. He is also chairman and founder of the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure, a nonpartisan think tank leveraging innovation to improve infrastructure safety.

McCown served in the U.S. Department of Transportation in direct reporting positions to both Democratic and Republican secretaries of Transportation, including as first deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 2013 after 25 years of combined active and reserve service as a naval officer and naval aviator.

Barrett, who will work with McCown during a transition period in January, said: “I have known Brigham for many years and I share Alyeska’s Owners’ confidence in his excellent fit as Alyeska’s next president and in his ability to lead the organization. I am equally confident in the proud and talented TAPS people whose dedication to safety, protecting our environment, operational excellence, reliability, efficiency and innovative work will carry TAPS operations into the next 40 years and beyond.”

“Brigham brings a deep and varied range of experience in the regulatory realm to Alyeska, including a sharp focus on operations and an unwavering commitment to safety,” said Jerry Frey, president of ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. and chair of the TAPS Owners Committee.

“TAPS Owners and Alyeska leaders are grateful to Tom Barrett for his extraordinary leadership,” Frey said. “In his tenure, he built community partnerships, strengthened Alyeska’s culture, advanced the company’s safety record and expanded the focus on ethics, compliance, diversity and innovation.”

- Petroleum News