Biography

Mr. Alario, a director since 2011, served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Key Energy Services, Inc. (“Key Energy”), a publicly traded oilfield service company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2004 until his retirement in March 2016. Prior to joining Key Energy, Mr. Alario served as Vice President of BJ Services Company, an oilfield service company, from 2002 to 2004, and prior to that served for over 21 years in various capacities, most recently Executive Vice President, of OSCA, Inc., also an oilfield service company. He serves as Chairman of Kirby’s ESG and Nominating Committee, is a member of the Compensation Committee, and has been chosen by the non-management directors to serve as the lead independent director. He is the former Chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Alario has also served as a director of DNOW Inc. since May 2014, currently as Chairman of the Board, Chair of its Compensation Committee, and a member of the Environmental, Social, Governance, and Nominating Committee, and previously as its Executive Vice Chairman on an interim basis from June 2020 until October 2020, and as its interim Chief Executive Officer from November 2019 until June 2020. Mr. Alario graduated from Louisiana State University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Mr. Alario has over 35 years of experience in the oilfield service business, serving as Chief Executive Officer with both operating and financial responsibility for one of the largest oilfield service companies in the United States. That experience is valuable to the Board in its oversight of the Company’s distribution and services business which serves the oilfield services industry as a significant part of its customer base. As a former public company Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Alario adds that perspective to the collective experience of the independent directors.