L. Ben Ederington

Executive Vice President, Performance & Essential Materials, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Director

benMr. Ederington has been our general partner's Executive Vice President, Performance and Essential Materials, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer since March 2023 and a director since our general partner's formation in March 2014. Mr. Ederington served as our general partner's Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary from March 2022 to May 2023, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary from February 2021 to March 2022 and as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from March 2014 to February 2021. Mr. Ederington has also been Westlake’s Executive Vice President, Performance and Essential Materials, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary since April 2023.  From March 2022 to April 2023, Mr. Ederington served as Westlake's Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary; from July 2017 to March 2022, he was Westlake's Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary; from December 2015 to July 2017, he was Westlake's Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary and, from October 2013 to December 2015, he was its Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Westlake, he held a variety of senior legal positions at LyondellBasell Industries, N.V. and its predecessor companies, LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA and Lyondell Chemical Company, including most recently as Associate General Counsel, Commercial & Strategic Transactions. He began his legal career more than 25 years ago at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, LLP. Mr. Ederington holds a B.A. from Yale University and received his J.D. from Harvard University.