Executive Bio
Mr. Robert A. Herman, also known as Bob, has been an Executive Vice President of Refining at Phillips 66 since September 21, 2017. Mr. Herman served as an Executive Vice President of Midstream at Phillips 66 since June 2014 until September 21, 2017. Mr. Herman has been Senior Vice President of Operations of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP since June 2014. He has 32 years experience in various technical and leadership roles within the oil and gas industry. Mr. Herman served as Senior Vice President of HSE, Projects and Procurement of Phillips 66 Partners LP from February 2014 to June 2014 and Senior Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment, from April 2012 to February 2014. He served as Senior Vice President of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Projects and Procurement at Phillips 66 from February 2014 to June 2014. He joined Phillips 66 as Senior Vice President of HSE. Before joining Phillips 66, Mr. Herman served as Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment at ConocoPhillips from February 12, 2010 to 2012 and served as its President of Refining, Marketing and Transportation for Europe from 2008 to 2010. While with ConocoPhillips, he spent a majority of his career on the refining side of the business. Since 2005, he served as the General Manager of Refining Business Improvement at ConocoPhillips. He began his career in 1982 as a Rotating Equipment Engineer at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, with Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company. In 1987, he transferred to refining and worked in numerous operations, maintenance, turnaround, project management, technical support and refining management roles for BP, Tosco, Premcor and ConocoPhillips. His extensive work with several refineries across the U.S. and Europe included serving as Refinery Manager of the Bayway refinery since 2002. He has been a Director of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC since June 14, 2014. Mr. Herman serves on the Board of Directors of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company. Mr. Herman was a Board Member of the Northwest Construction Consumers Council; Europia, the European Petroleum Industry Association; and CONCAWE, the European consortium for health, safety and environmental issues in the petroleum industry. Mr. Herman received Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University in 1982.