Chris Knibb Patriot Coal

Chris Knibb has served as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer with the Patriot Coal Corporation for the past five years. Holding responsibility for Patriot Coal's accounting and finance operations, Chris Knibb oversees internal auditing, planning, reporting, accounting, and tax functions for the firm, which was a spin-off from Peabody Energy. He has successfully implemented solutions to numerous issues from legacy sales contracts, and has also helped the firm weather macro-economic clouds and the effects of onerous regulatory burdens.

Chris Knibb was integrally involved in Patriot Coal's 2007 spin-off, securing SEC review clearance and registration statements. Less than six months after the firm's emergence as a standalone company, he undertook accounting and financial due diligence processes to support Patriot Coal's acquisition of Magnum Coal, which more than doubled the size of Patriot Coal. He worked extensively in integrating shared-services, financial planning, and accounting aspects of the two entities.

Mr. Knibb earned his B.S. in Accounting from the University of South Florida's College of Business Administration, next engaging with Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers as a public accountant. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller with Savvis, Inc., directing internal controls, accounting, SEC reporting, and tax functions of the rapidly expanding firm. Cutting costs wherever feasible, he notably facilitated Savvis' major purchase and integration of Cable & Wireless America.

Prior to joining Patriot Coal, Chris Knibb served as Vice President of Finance with American Power Conversion Corporation, assuming an expanded role as CFO of North America after the French multinational firm Schneider Electric S.A. acquired American Power Conversion Corporation. Outside of work, Chris Knibb has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, and enjoys coaching his children in golf and tennis.