Azure Midstream Energy, LLC and Azure Midstream Partners, LP have announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Eric Kalamaras is immediately stepping down as CFO and after a transition period thru the end of 2015, will be leaving the company to pursue other business interests.
Kalamaras served Azure as CFO sinceJanuary 2013, playing an instrumental role in pursuing the company's strategic interests including the acquisition of Marlin Midstream Partners, LP (Marlin) inFebruary 2015 at which time he also became the CFO of the Partnership.
Stepping into the position immediately as interim CFO, will be Mandy Bush, Azure's VP of Strategic Planning and Human Resources. Bush is extremely familiar with the Partnership's assets and operations as she previously served as Marlin's CFO, where she helped successfully complete the initial public offering of Marlin in the summer of 2013. She is a certified public accountant with over 12 years of experience in energy finance.
Azure Midstream Partners, LP, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a fee-based, growth oriented limited partnership formed to develop, operate, and acquire midstream energy assets. The Partnership provides natural gas gathering, transportation, and processing services; as well as NGL transportation and crude oil logistics services.