Michael Hutchinson Biography and Net Worth

Michael G. Hutchinson has been a director of ONE Gas, Inc. since 2014 and is chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Hutchinson was elected to the board of Whiting Petroleum Corporation on September 1, 2019, and served as a member of its Audit Committee until it emerged from bankruptcy in September 2020. Mr. Hutchinson served on the board of Westmoreland Coal Company from 2012 through March 2019 and served as its interim Chief Executive Officer from November 2017 until conclusion of the company’s restructuring process in March 2019. Mr. Hutchinson served on the board of CoBiz Financial, Inc. and as its audit committee chair until it was acquired in September 2018. In 2015, Mr. Hutchinson joined the board of ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C., the general partner of ONEOK Partners, L.P., and served as vice chair of its Audit Committee until the acquisition of ONEOK Partners, L.P. by ONEOK, Inc. in June 2017.

Mr. Hutchinson retired as a partner of Deloitte & Touche in 2012.  His Deloitte career spanned nearly 35 years, leading the energy and natural resources practice in Colorado for more than 10 years, while at the same time managing more than 150 professionals in the Denver audit and enterprise risk management practice.  Mr. Hutchinson served as the lead audit partner on many of the firm’s largest clients in Denver from 1989 until his retirement.

Mr. Hutchinson’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his substantial expertise in accounting and finance matters, including accounting principles, financial controls, risk management, evaluating financial statements of public companies in the energy sector, and his extensive leadership experience.

Mr. Hutchinson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado.