Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 1, 2004
STEVEN J. SHAPIRO is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Burlington Resources Inc., and serves as a member of the
Board of Directors, and the Office of the Chairman. He was elected to
the Board in 2004, and assumed his present responsibility for the
company's strategy development and execution, as well as its financial
performance, in 2002. He joined the company in 2000 as Senior Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shapiro previously served as
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Vastar
Resources. He also served on the Board of Southern Company Energy
Marketing, a limited partnership owned by Vastar and Southern Company.
He spent 16 years with ARCO, beginning as a Planning Analyst and later
holding a variety of positions in ARCO's coal and minerals businesses.
In 1985 he was appointed Vice President of Finance for ARCO Coal, then
served as Assistant Treasurer and Vice President of Corporate Planning
for ARCO, and in 1991 was named President of ARCO Coal Australia. He
earned a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Economics from Union College
and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard
University. Profile
operations.
Mr. Shapiro: Burlington has been a public company for 16 years now,
focused primarily on North American
