Paul J. Korus

Paul Korus is a Board Member of Chord Energy and serves on the Audit and Reserves Committee and the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. He had been a Director of Whiting Petroleum Corporation since 2020 and served as Chair of Whiting’s Audit Committee and as a member of Whiting’s Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Korus has served previously on the board of directors of PDC Energy, Inc. from 2020 to 2023, SRC Energy Inc. from 2016 to 2022, Crestwood Equity Partners LP in 2022, Antero Resources Corporation from 2018 to 2021, and Antero Midstream Partners LP in 2019. He has more than 35 years of oil and gas industry experience and brings strong financial and accounting expertise.

He began his oil and gas career in 1982 with Apache Corporation, where he held positions in corporate planning, information technology and investor relations. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Korus was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Key Production Company. He held the same positions with Cimarex Energy Co. from 2002 until his retirement in 2015.

Mr. Korus holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of North Dakota.