Subject: organizational announcement enron global markets ended the year with a great deal of momentum and with very high expectations for 2001 . in order to better focus and expand the various businesses within global markets , we are pleased to announce the following organizational changes . crude and products this group is being re - organized into product lines in order to better focus and maximize coverage and increase our market - making abilities . the following individuals leading these groups report directly to john nowlan . global crude oil don schroeder and bill white will manage our global crude oil books . don  , s emphasis will be on the development and expansion of our physical crude positions both domestically and abroad . bill will manage the various financial crude positions globally and will focus on developing these books . distillate chris mahoney will have responsibility of all distillate positions . chris will focus on developing our global distillate strategy , building the business both physically and financially . global fuel oil niamh clarke will expand her role managing our global fuel oil and resid positions . emphasis will be placed on re - establishing enron in the financial fuel market in the us and developing a physical fuel strategy . global gasoline and components jim goughary will assume responsibility for our global gasoline and components business . following up on our expansion into the european market in 2000 , we look forward to jim expanding our presence in the us as well as asian markets . global lpg erik hansen and adam gross will be responsible for the development and execution of our global lpg trading and strategy . under their guidance we look to expand our presence into the asian pacific markets , as well as continuing to grow our us and european operations . petrochemical and plastics stuart bland and douglas friedman will be responsible for the continued development and growth of our petrochemical and plastics business . they will work to further expand both our physical and financial presence in these markets . fuel management doug leach will continue in his role developing our fuel management business as well as other long - term structural transactions . global origination randy maffett has joined the group to lead , develop and grow all global origination activities for the group . randy  , s most recent assignment was in restructuring several equity investments for ena . enron freight this new group under the leadership of dan reck is developing a business in the inter - modal transportation area in the united states . shawn cumberland has joined this group to lead and expand the origination opportunities in this business . shawn  , s most recent assignment was as coo of the calme region . global risk management jere overdyke has elected to leave enron after almost 10 years of service . per sekse will take over the leadership of this very exciting and growing business . per is located in enron  , s new york office but will be spending a significant amount of his time in houston . we look forward to this year and feel the above changes will provide the focus and momentum we need to deliver a record performance in 2001 . please congratulate everyone on their new assignments .