Targa Resources Appoints Brent Secrest as President, Logistics and Transportation
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Targa Resources has made key experienced team member additions to further strengthen the depth of Targa’s executive leadership team.
Longtime midstream energy executive Brent Secrest will join Targa as president - Logistics and Transportation. Most recently, Secrest served as executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Enterprise Products Partners where he was responsible for commercial activities across natural gas, NGL, crude oil, petrochemical and exports. Secrest brings more than two decades of energy midstream experience, serving in a variety of key commercial and leadership roles.
Benjamin Branstetter, currently Targa’s president - Logistics and Transportation, has been appointed chief financial officer. Branstetter joined Targa in April 2017 and has helped lead key corporate development, commercial, optimization, and supply functions. At Targa, he has played an important role in several strategic initiatives, including leading the commercialization of key NGL transportation and fractionation projects, the buildout of their downstream optimization efforts and the expansion of their natural gas residue business. Prior to joining Targa, he previously held positions in investment banking, corporate strategy and risk management.
William Byers, chief financial officer, will retire following a distinguished career spanning three decades in the energy industry, including as CFO at Targa for the last two years, where he played a meaningful role in successfully executing the company’s growth and capital allocation strategies. Byers will transition to an advisory role through year-end 2026 to support an orderly and seamless leadership transition.
“We are excited to welcome Brent to Targa and look forward to the contributions he will make to our continued success. Brent is one of the most respected commercial leaders in the midstream industry, with a proven track record of creating value through disciplined commercial execution, strategic leadership, and strong customer relationships,” said Matt Meloy, chief executive officer of Targa.
“His extensive experience across the full energy value chain uniquely positions him to lead our downstream business as we continue to capitalize on opportunities driven by growing U.S. energy production and increasing global demand for energy and energy products,” added Meloy.
“Ben is one of our strongest leaders and his appointment as chief financial officer reflects his deep understanding of Targa’s business, strategy, operations and financial priorities, along with a demonstrated track record of thoughtful leadership, commercial excellence and disciplined decision-making. Ben’s background, broad experience across our organization and proven ability to execute position him well to help lead Targa through its next phase of growth,” concluded Meloy.
Targa Resources is a leading provider of midstream services and is one of the largest independent infrastructure companies in North America. The company owns, operates, acquires, and develops a diversified portfolio of complementary domestic infrastructure assets and its operations are critical to the efficient, safe, and reliable delivery of energy across the United States and increasingly to the world. The company’s assets connect natural gas and NGLs to domestic and international markets with growing demand for cleaner fuels and feedstocks.
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