Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 31, 2001
MARK A. FREVERT is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Enron
Wholesale Services (EWS), the Enron Corporation's largest business unit,
which is responsible for all of Enron's wholesale trading and marketing
operations. Mr. Frevert began his energy industry career in 1981,
joining Natomas North America, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration
and development company, as an Economist. He subsequently became
responsible for managing the company's reserves, budgeting and economic
planning functions. In 1984, Mr. Frevert joined Houston Natural Gas (an
Enron predecessor company) as a Senior Economist in the Corporate
Planning department, after which he joined the holding company, Enron
Interstate Pipeline Group. In 1988, he was named Vice President and
General Manager of the Citrus Marketing Companies. Mr. Frevert joined
Enron Capital & Trade Resources (ECT) in 1991 as Vice President of Enron
Power Services and was promoted to President in 1993. He became a
Managing Director of ECT in 1994, with responsibility for North American
natural gas marketing activities. In late 1994 he assumed responsibility
for international energy services activities, including Enron's London-
based operations. In 1996 Mr. Frevert relocated to London as President
and CEO of Enron Europe. In addition to his ongoing role as Chairman of
Enron Europe, he was named Chairman and CEO of Enron North America in
May 2000, and assumed his current position upon the formation of the
Wholesale Services business unit in November 2000. Mr. Frevert has a
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics from Albion College,
Michigan. He has completed coursework in the PhD program in Economics at
Rice University. He taught Economics at Rice University for two years
before joining Natamos North America in 1981. Profile
in your area in the next few years and what relationship Enron will have
to all of them?
Mr. Frevert: If you look at the
