ARKO Petroleum APC
Management team
Arie Kotler has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2025 and as Chairman of our Board since our IPO. Mr. Kotler has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARKO Parent since December 22, 2020, and as its President since January 15, 2021. Mr. Kotler also serves as Chief Executive Officer of GPM, a role he has held since September 2011, and was previously President of GPM from April 2015 through December 31, 2025. From November 2005 through December 2020, Mr. Kotler served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arko Holdings, Ltd., which was a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and GPM's controlling owner until it merged with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II to form ARKO Parent. Through November 2005, Mr. Kotler served as the Chairman of GPM after forming GPM and initiating and managing the acquisition of fas mart and shore stop in 2003. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Kotler served as a director and, from 2012 to 2014, he served as Chairman of Malrag 2011 Engineering and Construction Ltd., formerly a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Since 2011, Mr. Kotler has served as Chairman of Ligad Investments & Building Ltd., a corporation which was publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange until it was taken private in January 2013, and which is currently 50% owned by the Company.
Maury Bricks has served as our General Counsel and Secretary since July 2025 and has served as General Counsel and Secretary of ARKO Parent since December 22, 2020. Mr. Bricks has served as General Counsel and Secretary of GPM since January 2013. Prior to joining GPM, from 2005 to 2013, Mr. Bricks was an attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, an international law firm. Before joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mr. Bricks worked in finance for the pipeline and retail natural gas divisions of Shell Oil Company. Mr. Bricks graduated from the University of Texas with both a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts in the Plan II Honors Program; from the London School of Economics and Political Science, with distinction, with a Masters in Accounting and Finance; and from the University of Michigan, magna cum laude, with a Juris Doctorate. Mr. Bricks holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Jordan Mann has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2025. Mr. Mann served as interim Chief Financial Officer of ARKO Parent from October 2025 until December 2025, and has served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Capital Markets and Investor Relations of ARKO Parent since May 2023. Mr. Mann previously worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley as an executive director from September 2021 to March 2023, prior to which he worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse as a Director from August 2015 to September 2021. Mr. Mann graduated with B.S. in Economics from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Avram (Avi) Friedman has agreed to serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering, effective February 13, 2026. Mr. Friedman has served as a director of ARKO Parent since June 7, 2023 and was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School from 2021 through January 2025. From 2001 to 2020, Mr. Friedman worked at Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (Davidson Kempner), a global investment management firm with approximately $37 billion in assets under management and over 500 employees across seven global offices. Mr. Friedman was a Managing Member of the firm from 2006 through 2020. During his time at Davidson Kempner, Mr. Friedman co-managed the firm's credit portfolios, including distressed investments, high yield, convertible arbitrage, real estate and structured products. In addition to portfolio management, Mr. Friedman also served on various investment and risk committees. Prior to Davidson Kempner, Mr. Friedman was a Vice President at Nomura Securities Special Situations Investment Trust from 2000 to 2001 and a Director in the Special Situations Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities LLC from 1995 to 2000. Previously, Mr. Friedman was a Director of GPM from 2014 to 2020. Mr. Friedman holds a B.A. in Psychology from York University Toronto, Canada, and a Master of Management (concentration in Finance) from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Kirk T. Rogers has agreed to serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering, effective February 13, 2026. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of Maryland, Virginia and New York. From 2018 to 2024, Mr. Rogers served as a Finance Consulting Partner with RSM US LLP and from 2006 to 2017, he served as an Audit Partner at Grant Thornton LLP. Prior to that, Mr. Rogers served as an Audit Principal at Reznick Group P.C. Mr. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland (Magna Cum Laude).
Andrew R. Heyer has agreed to serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering, effective February 13, 2026. Mr. Heyer has served as a director of ARKO Parent since the closing of its business combination in December 2020 and has served as ARKO Parent's lead independent director since June 2023. He also served as President and a director of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II (Haymaker) from its inception until the closing of the aforementioned business combination. Mr. Heyer is a finance professional with more than 40 years of experience in investing in the consumer and services industries, and he has advised large private equity firms on leveraged finance strategies. Mr. Heyer was an officer and director of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. I (Haymaker I) before its merger with OneSpaWorld Holdings (NASDAQ:OSW) (OneSpaWorld) in March 2019, where he continues to serve on the board. Mr. Heyer was an officer and director of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (Haymaker III) before its merger with biote, Corp. (NASDAQ:BTMD), a provider of preventative healthcare, in May 2022, and he has served on the board since such time. Since 2010, Mr. Heyer has also served as a board member of The Lovesac Company (NASDAQ: LOVE), a branded retailer of technology-forward furniture. Mr. Heyer is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity fund founded in 2007 that invests in the consumer industry. Prior to founding Mistral in 2007, from 2000 to 2007, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, a $1.3 billion private equity fund. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds from 1995 to 2001. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. from 1990 to 1995. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. Previously, Mr. Heyer served on the board of following companies: Coliseum Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: MITA), a special purpose acquisition company; Tastemaker Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: TMKRU), a special purpose acquisition company; AF Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: AFAQ), a special purpose acquisition company; Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a natural and organic food and products company; XpresSpa Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XSPA), a health and wellness services company; Insomnia Cookies, a retailer of desserts open primarily in the evening and nighttime; Accel Foods, an incubator and investor in early stage food and beverage companies; Las Vegas Sands Corp., a casino company; El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a casual Mexican restaurant; and Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of packaged ice products. Mr. Heyer received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Carlos Maurer has agreed to serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering, effective February 13, 2026. Mr. Maurer previously served in various roles at Shell Plc (NYSE: SHL) from 1997 to 2024, including more recently as Executive Vice President, Sectors & Decarbonization at Shell PLC (UK) from 2021 to 2023, Executive Vice President, Global Commercial at Shell Eastern Petroleum (Singapore) from 2020 to 2021, and Chief Executive Officer of Penzoil Quaker State Co. and Senior Vice President of Lubricants America at Shell Oil (US) from 2017 to 2020. Before joining Shell, Mr. Maurer served as a Production Planner, Sales Development Manager and Associate LATAM Regional Director for McDermott International. Mr. Maurer currently serves on the board of directors of Verdalia, an energy platform focused on biomethane production and infrastructure in Europe, on the board of directors of D2Zero, a decarbonization platform founded by SCF Partners that integrates service providers delivering solutions for industrial and energy infrastructure, and on the board of directors of Windfall Bio, a biotechnology company focused on methane-to-fertilizer solutions. He also serves as a senior advisor to Warburg Pincus LLC, a global private equity firm, where he provides strategic and sector-related advisory support. Mr. Maurer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from Rice University.
Sherman K. Edmiston III has agreed to serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering, effective February 13, 2026. Mr. Edmiston has served as a director of ARKO Parent since the closing of its business combination in December 2020 and has served as the Managing Member of HI CapM Advisors, Ltd, a firm providing strategic and financial advice to corporations, private equity firms and hedge funds, since August 2016. From November 2009 through December 2015, Mr. Edmiston served as managing Director of Zolfo Cooper LLC (now Alix Partners), where he provided strategic, capital structure and operational advisory services to corporations and investment firms. Mr. Edmiston currently serves on the board of directors of the following companies: GTT Communications, Inc., a multinational provider of telecommunications and internet services; Key Energy Services, Inc., a leading provider of oilfield services in the Permian and Williston Basins; and Real Alloy, a market leader in third-party aluminum recycling and specification alloy production for packaging, automobile and aerospace industries. Formerly, Mr. Edmiston served on the board of directors of the following companies, in addition to others: Aludyne, a global supplier of aluminum and iron components for the automotive industry; Arch Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARCH), a leading producer of metallurgical products for the global steel industry; Continental Global Material Handling, a leading US manufacturer of material handling and conveyor equipment; Harvey Gulf international Marine, LLC, specializing in providing Offshore Supply, Fast Supply, and Multi-Purpose Support Vessels for deepwater operations in the U.S. Gulf of America and abroad; and Mallinckrodt SpecGX LLC (NYSE:MNK), a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality specialty generic drugs. Mr. Edmiston holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
From SEC filings, via Futu. Compensation is total reported pay for the most recent fiscal year on file, not base salary alone.
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