Andrew Clyde named to board

By Janice McIntyre

City Editor

LITTLE ROCK — R. Andrew Clyde, president and chief executive officer of Murphy USA in El Dorado, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Little Rock branch board, effective Jan. 1.

Chair-man of the Little Rock Branch board for 2017 will be Ray C. Dillon, former president and CEO of Deltic Timber Corp. in El Dorado.

Clyde has been the

president and CEO at Murphy USA Inc. since Jan. 8, 2013. He has been instrumental in the performance review and analysis of Murphy’s U.S. retail business. He has served as managing partner of the Dallas office since 2007, and has been the practice leader of the North American Energy, Chemicals and Utilities practice since 2010.

He joined the Energy, Chemicals and Utilities practice with Booz & Company in Dallas in 1993. He led the development of the business strategy for the Murphy USA spin.

Clyde has over 20 years of experience in management consulting, with specific focus on the downstream value chain and gasoline and convenience retailing. He received a master’s degree in management with distinction from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He received a BBA in accounting and a minor in geology from Southern Methodist University. He is a 1981 graduate of El Dorado High School.

Clyde has also served as a member of the executive board of the DeSoto Area Council, Boy Scouts of America and has led the United Way of Union County campaign.

Dillon served as president and CEO for Deltic Timber Corp. from July 2003 until his retirement in October of this year. He was executive vice president of Gaylord Container Corp. until completion of its sale to Temple Inland Corp. in 2002. He previously served as vice president-primary production operations and vice president-mill operations for Gaylord.

Dillon earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Mississippi State University in 1977 and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 2000.

Millie A. Ward, co-founder and president of Stone Ward Advertising in Little Rock, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board.

Also serving on the board are: Keith Glover, president and CEO of Producers Rice Mill Inc. in Stuttgart; Robert Martinez, owner of Rancho La Esperanza in De Queen; Charles G. Morgan Jr., president and CEO of Relyance Bank N.A. in Pine Bluff and Karama Neal, chief operating officer of Southern Bancorp Community Partners in Little Rock.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., with branches in Little Rock, Louisville, Ky. and Memphis, Tenn., the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis serves the states that comprise the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi.

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