Robert A. Malone is a businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies. Currently, he is Non-Executive Chairman for Peabody Energy Corp. and Executive Chairman, President & CEO at First Sonora Bancshares, Inc. (Texas), Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for The First National Bank of Sonora (Texas) (a subsidiary of First Sonora Bancshares, Inc. (Texas)). Mr. Malone is also on the board of 7 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Malone held the position of President, Chief Executive & Operating Officer at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Executive Vice President at BP Plc Chairman & President of BP America, Inc. Chief Executive Officer for BP Shipping Ltd. and President of Atlantic Richfield Co., Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of BP Plc) and President & Chief Executive Officer at LeapFrog Systems, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.