D. Mark Leland

Executive Vice President, El Paso Corporation
President, El Paso’s Midstream business unit

Mark Leland is executive vice president of El Paso Corporation and president of El Paso’s Midstream business unit. In this role, he leads efforts to pursue midstream opportunities for El Paso, particularly opportunities that fit with the company’s pipeline and E&P businesses.

Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Leland served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for El Paso. In this role, he oversaw all financial, treasury, and accounting functions for the corporation. Prior to assuming his responsibilities as CFO in August 2005, Mr. Leland served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Production and Non Regulated Operations for El Paso Corporation. In this role, Mr. Leland was responsible for financial, treasury, and accounting functions for El Paso’s non-regulated businesses, including Production, Global Networks, and Marketing & Trading.

Mr. Leland has also served as senior vice president and chief financial officer, vice president and controller, vice president of Finance and director of Business Development for El Paso Field Services. Leland also served as chief operating officer of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. Mr. Leland began his career with the company at Burlington Northern, Inc. in the Corporate Audit department.

Mr. Leland graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Puget Sound. He is a certified management accountant and a certified internal auditor.