QEP Resources CEO Assumes Role Of Board Chairman

QEP Resources, Inc. QEP today announced that the board of directors has named Charles B. "Chuck" Stanley, president and CEO of QEP Resources, to the additional role of chairman of the board. Stanley replaces former QEP Resources non-executive chairman Keith Rattie, who will continue to serve as a director of the company. Rattie has served as non-executive chairman of QEP Resources since June 2010. As a result of this leadership transition, QEP director Dr. M.W. Scoggins, president of the Colorado School of Mines and a retired 34-year veteran of ExxonMobil Corp., will assume the role of lead independent director. Scoggins has been a director of QEP Resources and its predecessor company since 2005.