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Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG), a business unit of NiSource Inc., announced that Bruce L. Connery has joined the company as vice president of Investor Relations for CPG and Columbia Pipeline Partners.
CPPL completed its initial public offering on February 11, 2015, and as previously announced, CPG is expected to separate from NiSource and become a stand-alone, publicly traded, pipeline, midstream and storage company in mid-2015. Randy G. Hulen will continue in his role as vice president of Investor Relations for NiSource after the separation.
Stephen P. Smith, NiSource's current executive vice president and chief financial officer, commented: "Bruce brings extensive investor relations experience to CPG. He has a solid track record of working with energy and MLP investors and analysts in a timely, transparent and straightforward fashion. We are pleased to have him join the CPG leadership team."
Connery has served in a number of senior investor and communications roles prior to joining CPG, most recently as Group Head of Investor Relations of BG Group PLC in Reading, England. Prior to that, he served in several executive positions with El Paso Corporation and one of its predecessor companies, Sonat Inc.
Connery earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and holds Bachelor of Business Administration degrees from the University of Texas and Texas Tech University.