President and chief operating officer of ONEOK
James C. Kneale is president and chief operating officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners. Kneale also serves as a director of ONEOK Partners. Kneale joined ONEOK in 1981 as vice president of accounting and then moved to Oklahoma Natural Gas as vice president of accounting in 1992. He served in various executive operating and finance positions until being named president of Oklahoma Natural Gas in 1997, holding that post until 1999 when he became chief financial officer of ONEOK. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Kneale graduated from high school in Amarillo, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting in 1973 from West Texas A&M in Canyon. He has completed advanced studies at Harvard University.
