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Issuer:     Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)
CIK:        0001604665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-178844
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westlake Chemical Partners appoints Jean-Marc Gilson CEO; Chao family transitions to chairman roles
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- James Chao becomes Senior Chairman; Albert Chao becomes Executive Chairman of the General Partner.
- Jean-Marc Gilson appointed President, CEO, and Director of Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC, effective July 15, 2024.
- Gilson also appointed President and CEO of Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK), the indirect parent.
- Gilson previously served as President and CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation from April 2021 to April 2024.
- Leadership change is part of a planned succession process with no sudden departures.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604665/000119312524178844/0001193125-24-178844-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604665/000119312524178844/d851112d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-178844

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