Gary Knight has been recently appointed to serve as President of “Preparation for Operations” and Director of HSE. Since August 2010, Knight has also served as Director of Marketing, President of Preparation for Operations, Interim CEO, President of Construction, Director HSE and as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of BG, LLC.

His 40 plus years of industry experience includes 13 years as President of PTS, where he handled the day-to-day operations, which included P&L responsibility. PTS provided training, pre-commissioning, commissioning, initial start-up and plant stabilization services in most industries in the U.S. and in 31 countries. He also served as Executive V. P. and Director of Bay Middle East International (BayMe), a joint venture company between PTS, Boraie Companies and Bay Ltd. BayMe was formed to provide "Western" management skills and new technology to industries in the Middle East with Egypt as base of operations. BayMe’s expertise included plant maintenance, operations, fabrication and capital construction in both upstream and downstream operations.

Additionally, Knight has worldwide experience in plant operations, maintenance and capital projects. He has also directed the development and implementation of training programs in over 100 different operating areas within 10 operating facilities and managed all projects outside of the PTS corporate offices. His early career included Management and Supervisory positions with Westlake Petrochemicals, Occidental Chemicals Corporation, Cain Chemical Company and E I DuPont. Mr. Knight began his working career at Livingston Shipyard in Orange, Texas.