Leadership

Leadership That 
Delivers What Matters.

Paul Bieniawksi

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Bieniawski is Chief Executive Officer of Enstor. He has 40 years of domestic and international midstream experience and has led Enstor from a small gas storage operator on the Gulf Coast to an integrated regional player providing services to customers across the Southeast, Southwest and southern Plains of the United States. Prior to Enstor, he was Chief Executive Officer of Zechstein Midstream BV, a European-focused independent midstream services provider. Previously, he founded and led Katy Energy Partners, an international energy infrastructure consultancy, and has also held leadership roles at Bobcat Gas Storage after having worked for Reliant Energy Power Generation, Enron North America, Sofregaz U.S., NorAm Hub Services, Tenneco Gas, Amoco Production Company, and Pennzoil Producing Company. Mr. Bieniawski has been involved in energy development projects in Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Sweden, Thailand, UK, and US. He is past Chair of the Gulf Coast Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the past Chair of the Hydrocarbon Storage Study Group and the Inventory Verification Study Group of the American Gas Association’s Underground Storage Committee. He was named Outstanding Young Engineer for the Gulf Coast Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is an Honorary State Senator for the State of Louisiana. Mr. Bieniawski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He has completed additional executive education at INSEAD.

Jennifer Johnson

General Counsel

Jennifer Johnson has more than a decade of energy-related legal experience. Prior to joining Enstor, she was general counsel at Salt Creek Midstream where she managed legal, sustainability, and human resources aspects of the business, including governance and finance matters, sustainability reporting, the acquisition and divestiture of energy assets, commercial contracts, litigation and disputes, and regulatory and compliance related matters. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Rosehill Resources, Inc., a publicly traded upstream company with assets in the Permian Basin. She also worked at Noble Energy Inc., where she served as corporate finance counsel for Noble’s upstream and midstream businesses. In addition, Ms. Johnson worked as a corporate and financial services attorney at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and began her private practice career as a corporate associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Ms. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law.

KJ Ko

Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Ko is Chief Commercial Officer of Enstor. Mr. Ko has previously held various positions in the midstream energy sector and energy consulting companies. Prior to joining Enstor, Mr. Ko was Vice President of Commercial Services of Leaf River Energy Center, NJR Midstream Company, where he focused on asset optimization, trading, and business development. Mr. Ko also served as Manager of Trading and Business Development at Midstream Energy Holdings, Consultant at Black & Veatch, and Senior Associate at Lukens Energy Group. Mr. Ko is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University.

Sean Roche

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Roche has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry. Most recently, Mr. Roche served as Chief Financial Officer of Martin Energy Trading, which subsequently became DRW Energy. The company was focused on the build-out of a physical and financial trading platform focused on natural gas, refined products, NGLs and biofuels. Prior to that, Mr. Roche was the Treasurer and Finance Director of Cardinal Gas Storage. Cardinal was a developer and eventual operator of greenfield gas storage facilities; Mr. Roche was responsible for all aspects of the projects’ debt financings. Mr. Roche also worked in various capacities at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he focused on the energy industry, including portfolio management, capital markets origination and syndicated finance. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Georgia.