Mr. Chiang has served as Chairman of the Board of PAA GP Holdings LLC since January 2020, and as a director since February 2017. In addition, Mr. Chiang has been Chief Executive Officer since October 2018 and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Chiang joined Plains in 2015 from Occidental Petroleum Corporation where he served as Executive Vice President, Operations from 2012 until 2015. From 1996 until 2012, he served in various positions at ConocoPhillips and predecessors, including most recently as Senior Vice President - Refining, Marketing, Transportation, and Commercial. He serves on the board of Delta Airlines, and has served on the boards of DCP Midstream and Chevron Phillips Chemical. He currently serves in director roles for the United Way of Greater Houston and Performing Arts Houston. He is also involved in the American Petroleum Institute, American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, National Petroleum Council, the Permian Strategic Partnership, the Energy Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Greater Houston Partnership. Mr. Chiang holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.