Our Leadership
Guiding Excellence: Inspiring Vision, Empowering Success
TransMontaigne has built a world-class executive team that has decades of experience in the energy industry, a record of success, and an ability to enhance value for our customers, partners, employees, and shareholders.
Jesse Arenivas
Chief Executive Officer
Jesse Arenivas has served as Chief Executive Officer of TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries since September 2025. Jesse has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Before joining TransMontaigne, Jesse served as CEO of EnLink Midstream LLC from 2022 to 2025. Prior to EnLink, he served in several executive roles with Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“KMI”), including President of KMI’s Energy Transition Ventures team and Vice President (President, CO2 segment). Before joining KMI in 2003, he spent five years at ConocoPhillips Co. in financial and commercial roles. Jesse received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas Permian Basin and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Rob Fuller
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Fuller has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries since November 2014. Prior to his affiliation with TransMontaigne, Rob spent 13 years as a certified public accountant with KPMG LLP. Rob has a B.A. in Political Science from Fort Lewis College and a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado. Rob is licensed as a certified public accountant in Colorado and New York.
Chris Rial
Chief Commercial Officer
Chris Rial joined as Chief Commercial Officer of TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries in August 2026. Chris has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry, spanning bulk liquid terminaling, midstream infrastructure, and energy transition markets. Before joining TransMontaigne, Chris served in progressive business development roles with Plug Power and its predecessor, Joule Processing, from 2015 to 2025, leading commercial strategy for process solutions in the hydrogen market. Chris also co-founded Taproot Energy Partners in 2018, serving as its original Chief Commercial Officer and Board Member. Earlier in his career, he spent over a decade in operations and environmental compliance roles across the midstream sector, including with Energy Transfer and its predecessor companies. Chris earned an MBA in Global Energy from the University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Bioenvironmental Science from Texas A&M University.
Nabeel Ahmed
Chief Administrative Officer
Nabeel Ahmed joined as Chief Administrative Office of TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries in October 2026 . Nabeel is a seasoned C-suite executive and global human capital strategist with more than 20 years of experience across the energy, industrial, and manufacturing sectors. Most recently, Nabeel served as a Chief HR & Admin Officer for Wellbore Integrity Solutions (WIS), a Rhone Capital portfolio company. In this role, he partnered closely with the CEO and Board to reshape the company’s operating model, strengthen financial resilience, and position the business for a successful exit. Prior to WIS, Nabeel held senior leadership positions with EnLink Midstream, U.S. Steel, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, and Weatherford International, assuming progressively broader responsibilities across both U.S. and international markets. Nabeel holds a master’s degree in management and a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Mississippi State University.
Karl Bernard
Senior Vice President, Operations
Dennis DiPietro
Senior Vice President, Operations
Michael Hammell
Senior Vice President, Special Counsel & Assistant Secretary
Bett Lucas
Senior Vice President, Commercial
Justin Ranes
Senior Vice President, Project Management
Dawn Reddel
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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Why TransMontaigne
TransMontaigne is a Leader in the Bulk Liquids Logistics Industry, Providing Exceptional Service and Operational Support.
Sustainability
At TransMontaigne, sustainability has always been at the core of our business philosophy. Since 1995, we have focused on long-term, sustainable operations & disciplined management.
Operations
We are a terminaling and transportation company with assets and operations in the United States along the Gulf Coast; in the Midwest; in Houston and Brownsville, Texas; along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers; in the Southeast; and along the West Coast.