Mr. Ederington has been our Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary since March 2022. From July 2017 to March 2022, Mr. Ederington served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary since July 2017; from December 2015 to July 2017, he was our Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary; and, from October 2013 to December 2015, he served as our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In addition, Mr. Ederington has been a director of Westlake Partners' general partner since its formation in March 2014, its Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary since March 2022; its Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary from February 2021 to March 2022; and its Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from March 2014 to February 2021. Prior to joining Westlake, he held a variety of senior legal positions at LyondellBasell Industries, N.V. and its predecessor companies, LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA and Lyondell Chemical Company, including most recently as Associate General Counsel, Commercial & Strategic Transactions. He began his legal career more than 25 years ago at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, LLP. Mr. Ederington holds a B.A. from Yale University and received his J.D. from Harvard University.

L. Benjamin Ederington