internal
John J. Christmann IV
Chief Executive Officer
Executive
10 yr
6 reports
APA Corporation ·APA
President role reinstated between CEO and finance
Energy · Fortune #422 · Functional structure · 2K employees · Houston, Texas
5
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
2
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
3.2 yr
Avg tenure
80%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Operating income
$3.1B
Net income
$1.4B
Total assets
$17.8B
Shares out
353M
Sourced from APA Corporation DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-09 ↗ View on SEC
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President role reinstated between CEO and finance. This page maps APA Corporation’s functional executive structure, detailing CEO direct reports, recent leadership changes, and how the company compares with upstream E&P peers on span of control and depth.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal D. Clay Bretches departed as Executive Vice President, Operations
Terminated without cause effective June 4, 2025.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO reporting to the CEO to consolidate operations and reduce the CEO’s functional load.
- Eliminate President Layer Remove the President role and revert to a flatter structure with CFO and EVPs reporting directly to the CEO.
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The people
Who's running this
6 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Stephen J. Riney
President
Executive
1 yr
0 reports
internal
Ben C. Rodgers
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
1 yr
1 reports
internal
Tracey K. Henderson
Executive Vice President, Exploration
Exploration
3 yr
0 reports
internal
Mark D. Maddox
Executive Vice President, Administration
Administration
3 yr
0 reports
Kimberly O. Warnica
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Legal
1 yr
0 reports
The businesses
How APA Corporation divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Exploration
500 employees
Executive Vice President, Exploration (Tracey K. Henderson)
Leads global exploration strategy across core and frontier basins.
Finance
300 employees
Executive Vice President and CFO (Ben C. Rodgers)
Oversees capital allocation, treasury, accounting, and investor relations.
Legal & Governance
120 employees
Chief Legal Officer (Kimberly O. Warnica)
Manages legal, compliance, governance, and corporate secretarial functions.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
APA’s most distinctive structural feature is the reinstated President role, creating an extra layer between the CEO and key operating and finance leaders.
Stephen Riney’s move from CFO to President in 2025 separates enterprise-wide leadership from day-to-day financial stewardship. This structure concentrates strategic coordination under the President while allowing the CEO to retain a relatively small direct span.
The CEO has six direct reports, mostly functional EVPs rather than asset-based business unit heads. Exploration, administration, finance, and legal all report directly to the CEO, reflecting a functional upstream E&P model rather than a divisional structure by geography. Operations leadership was thinned following the mid-2025 departure of the EVP of Operations.
Overall depth is limited to three levels in the published executive hierarchy, consistent with APA’s modest headcount and focused asset base. The organization emphasizes internal promotion, particularly in finance and administration, supporting continuity through commodity cycles.
- President role added in 2025
- No COO as of 2026
- High internal promotion in finance leadership
The comparison
How APA Corporation stacks up
Compared with U.S. independent E&P peers, APA operates with a leaner C-suite and fewer geographic presidents. Peers such as Occidental and Devon typically maintain separate operations or asset presidents reporting to the CEO or COO. APA instead concentrates authority in functional EVPs. The presence of a President …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
APA Corporation
3 levels
4 levels
4 levels
5 levels
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
APA Corporation — no COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential change was the May 2025 reinstatement of a standalone President role, separating enterprise leadership from the CFO function.
- departedD. Clay Bretches Executive Vice President, Operations
Terminated without cause effective June 4, 2025.
Source - Date not confirmed promoted
- Date not confirmed newBen C. Rodgers Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Named CFO in May 2025 following Riney’s transition to President.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-09
- CEO
- John J. Christmann IV
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.2 yr
President role reinstated and operations EVP departed during the year.
Named executive officers (5)
- John J. Christmann IV - Chief Executive Officer since 2015
- Stephen J. Riney - President since 2025
- Ben C. Rodgers - Executive Vice President and CFO since 2025
- Tracey K. Henderson - Executive Vice President, Exploration since 2023
- Kimberly O. Warnica - Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer since 2025
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of APA Corporation?
John J. Christmann IV has served as APA Corporation’s CEO since 2015.
What type of organizational structure does APA Corporation use?
APA uses a primarily functional structure with major disciplines reporting directly to the CEO.
How many direct reports does APA Corporation's CEO have?
As of 2026, the CEO has five direct executive reports.
How has APA Corporation's leadership changed recently?
In 2025, APA reinstated a President role and appointed a new CFO while the EVP of Operations departed.
Does APA Corporation have a COO?
No, APA does not have a Chief Operating Officer as of 2026.
Sources
- Proxy Statement, Apr 2026
- Company Proxy Statement, Apr 2026
- SEC EDGAR: APA Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: APA Corporation 10-K Annual Report
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