J. Taft Symonds

Background

Symonds, J. Taft was born in 1940.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University.

Career

With Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Robert Fleming Group, Banque de la Societe Financiere Europeenne. Chairman Symonds Investment Company, Inc. Chairman, Chief Financial Officer Maurice Pincoffs Company, Inc., 1978—2004.

Chairman, president Symonds Trust Company Ltd., since 1978. Chairman Tetra Technologies, Inc., 1993—2006. Board directors Howard Supply Company LLC, Schilling Robotics LLC.

Former board directors Intercorr International, Vulcan Energy Corporation (Formerly Plains Resources Inc.), 1987. Board directors Denali Inc., since 1994, Plains All American General Practice LLC, since 2001, Plains All American Pipeline, LP, since 2001.

Achievements

• J. Taft Symonds has been listed as a noteworthy transportation executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Former chairman Houston Arboretum and Nature Center.