Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 2005

Jeffrey Shaw – Southwest Gas Corporation (swx)

JEFFREY W. SHAW, CEO of Southwest Gas Corporation, joined the company in 1988 as Director of Internal Audit. He was promoted to Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 1991, Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 1993, Vice President and Treasurer in 1994, Senior Vice President/Finance and Treasurer in 2000, Senior Vice President/Gas Resources and Pricing in 2002, President in 2003 and Chief Executive Officer in June 2004. Mr. Shaw received a BS in Accounting from the University of Utah in 1983 and worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. in its Dallas and Las Vegas offices prior to joining Southwest Gas. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Nevada Society of CPAs and the Leadership Las Vegas Alumni Association. Mr. Shaw serves on the Board of the American Gas Association, the Western Energy Institute, the International Scouting Museum Las Vegas, and he is active with the Boy Scouts of America. Profile
TWST: Can we start with an overview of Southwest Gas and how you see the

company at this point?

Mr. Shaw: Southwest Gas is a local natural gas distribution company, and

we serve portions of