Management Team

Our Leadership

Thomas D. O'Malley,

Chairman & CEO

Led by Thomas D. O’Malley, PBF Partners’ leadership team has achieved decades of success in purchasing, selling, upgrading, and operating refineries and related businesses throughout North America.

Thomas D. O’Malley currently serves as Chairman of Petroplus Holdings A.G., Europe’s largest independent oil refiner and wholesaler, with refineries in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and France. He took Petroplus public in November 2006.

Previously, Mr. O’Malley was Chairman of Premcor, a US domestic oil refiner and Fortune 250 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange until its sale to Valero in August 2005. Before joining Premcor, Mr. O’Malley was Chairman and CEO of Tosco Corporation. This Fortune® 100 company was the largest independent oil refiner and marketer of oil products in the United States, with annualized revenues of approximately $25 billion when it was sold to Phillips Petroleum in September 2001. He has also served as Vice Chairman of Salomon Brothers Inc.

Mr. O’Malley has served on the Boards of the National Petroleum Council, the Listed Company Advisory Board of the New York Stock Exchange, Lowe’s Companies, PetSmart Inc., and Phillips Petroleum.

Mr. O’Malley’s recent honors include the Refining Leadership Award from Harts, the Mercantile Exchange’s Director’s Award for Global Vision, the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Christians & Jews, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and Manhattan College’s De La Salle Medal. He currently chairs the Board of Trustees for Manhattan College, his alma mater.

Leaders with Wide and Deep Experience Throughout the Petroleum Industry

Chairman and CEO Thomas D. O’Malley is joined on the PBF Partners Executive Team by individuals with an extraordinary spectrum of experience in all areas of the petroleum refining industry, including operations, engineering, logistics, trading, marketing, human resources, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and finance. Meet the members of PBF Partners’ executive team...

Michael D. Gayda, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Michael D. Gayda most recently served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Petroplus since February 2006. Prior to Petroplus, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Premcor Inc. from January 2005 until September 2005 and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from October 2002 to December 2004. Before joining Premcor, Michael served as General Counsel-Refining for Phillips 66 Company, a division of Phillips Petroleum Company, following Phillips Petroleum’s acquisition of Tosco Corporation in September 2001.

Thomas J. Nimbley, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Thomas J. Nimbley most recently served as a Principal for Nimbley Consultants LLC, where he provided consulting services and assisted on the acquisition of two refineries. He previously served as Senior Vice President and head of Refining for Phillips Corporation and subsequently Senior Vice President and head of Refining for ConocoPhillips domestic refining system (13 locations) following the merger of Phillips and Conoco. Before joining Phillips, Thomas joined the Tosco Corporation (and Thomas D. O’Malley) as Vice President and Refinery Manager when Tosco acquired the Bayway Refinery from Exxon in April 1993.

Donald F. Lucey, Senior Vice President, Commercial

Donald F. Lucey most recently served as Senior Vice President, Commercial for Premcor. He formerly worked at Tosco Corporation, subsequently Phillips Petroleum Company, where he managed Atlantic Basin fuel oil activities. Before joining Tosco, he worked with Phibro Energy in its fuel oil products and solid fuels departments throughout the United States and abroad.

Ed Jacoby, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Logistics

Ed Jacoby has spent over 40 years in the petroleum industry. Most recently he worked as a consultant in the pipeline, marketing, and terminal arenas, both domestically and overseas. Mr. Jacoby served as Vice President of Wholesale, Marketing and Distribution at Premcor, and held similar positions with both Tosco and ConocoPhillips. He began his career with Exxon, where he spent 25 years, holding positions in the chemicals, lubricants, marketing, refining, and logistics businesses.

Ken Isom, Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects and Operations

Ken Isom has spent more than 35 years managing and leading major capital projects in the petroleum refining industry. He has been personally responsible for the development and successful completion of billion-dollar capital programs that not only increased facility output but also reduced operating costs. Since 2005 he has owned and operated his own engineering consulting firm, providing strategic study services on a wide range of process engineering and refining projects for major refining companies. Mr. Isom served as Vice President, Capital Projects for Premcor. He started his career with Fina Oil and Chemicals Company.

Matthew C. Lucey, Vice President, Finance

Matthew C. Lucey formerly served as a Managing Director of M.E. Zukerman & Co., a New York based private equity firm specializing in several sectors of the broader energy industry. During his seven years there, he participated in all aspects of the Firm’s energy investment activities. While at MEZ & Co., he served on the Management Committee (i.e. Board of Directors) of Penreco, a manufacturer of specialty petroleum products; Cortez Pipeline Company, a 500 mile CO2 pipeline; and Venture Coke Company, a merchant petroleum coke calciner. Before joining MEZ & Co., he spent six years in the banking industry.

James C. Yates, Vice President, Strategic Analysis

James C. Yates has over 20 years experience in the petroleum industry working in both operational and commercial roles. During his career he has worked in engineering, operations planning, fuel blending, wholesale marketing, operations/logistics, and supply and trading departments. Mr. Yates has extensive trading experience with futures, options, various OTC derivatives, and physical products. He has worked for companies including Premcor, Tosco, Unocal, and Texaco. Most recently, at Sprague Energy Corp., he was responsible for managing light products in the Northeast and U.S. Gulf Coast markets.