Mr. Baksht has been our general partner’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a director since June 2026. Mr. Baksht has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Westlake since June 2026. Prior to joining Westlake, from May 2025 to March 2026, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. From May 2022 to May 2025, Mr. Baksht served as Chief Financial Officer of Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (now Novolex) and from August 2013 to September 2021, Mr. Baksht held various positions at Valaris Limited, including most recently as Chief Financial Officer from November 2015 until September 2021. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and in management consulting at Andersen Consulting. He has served on the Board of Directors of Duxion Motors Inc. since January 2022, and previously served on the Board of Directors of ARO Drilling, a joint venture between Valaris and Saudi Aramco, from April 2019 to September 2021. Mr. Baksht received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.