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Ralph Eads III
Chairman
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Vice Chairman
Jefferies
Houston Office
reads@Jefferies.com
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Ralph Eads is Chairman of Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group of Jefferies and Vice-Chairman of Jefferies & Company. Mr. Eads works in the Houston office. Prior to joining the firm in 2003, Mr. Eads was Executive Vice President of El Paso Corporation, where he was responsible for El Paso's unregulated businesses. Previously, he was Managing Director and head of the Energy Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He has held investment banking positions at S.G. Warburg, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Eads graduated with high honors from Duke University and serves on the Board of their Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Mr. Eads is also a trustee of St. George's School and the Houston Grand Opera. He is chairman of Expectation Graduation, a program started by Houston Mayor Bill White, to keep children in school.
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David Rockecharlie
Co-Head & Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
drockecharlie@Jefferies.com
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David Rockecharlie is Co-Head and Managing Director of Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Rockecharlie works in the Houston office and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, financing and financial structuring. He has a broad range of experience as both a principal and as an advisor in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rockecharlie was an Executive at El Paso Corp. where he led a variety of activities such as business segment repositioning and turnarounds, capital markets financings, corporate development and balance sheet restructuring. Previously at El Paso, Mr. Rockecharlie was a Senior Vice President, focusing on operating responsibilities within the firm's unregulated businesses. Earlier, he was a Vice President with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in the New York and Houston office and an energy investment banker at SG Warburg & Co. Mr. Rockecharlie received an AB, magna cum laude, from Princeton University.
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Stephen M. Straty
Co-Head & Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
sstraty@Jefferies.com
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Stephen Straty is Co-Head and a Managing Director of Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Straty joined the firm in June 2008 and has nearly 30 years of experience in finance, most recently as Senior Managing Director and Head of the Natural Resources Group at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he worked for 17 years. Mr. Straty has extensive experience in serving a broad array of energy clients, having completed over $40 billion in merger and acquisition and financing assignments during the past ten years. Previously, he spent ten years at Smith Barney, Harris, Upham & Co. focusing on the energy sector, and prior to that, he worked in investment banking at Prudential Insurance, advising on private placements of debt and equity as well as leveraged buyouts. Mr. Straty received MBA and BA degrees with highest honors at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Claire S. Farley
Advisor
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
cfarley@Jefferies.com
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Claire Farley is Advisory Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey. Ms. Farley has extensive industry contacts and expertise in oil and gas exploration, operations, business development and marketing. She has led several landmark transactions, including the sale of EnCana's deepwater assets and Spinnaker's merger with Hydro. Ms. Farley joined Randall & Dewey in 2002 as Chief Executive Officer and built upon the firms leading A&D business to build a full service global energy investment banking practice. Prior to joining, she was CEO at the start-up firms Trade-Ranger and Intelligent Diagnostics. Previously, Ms. Farley worked at Texaco for 19 years. While at Texaco, she had been President of Worldwide Exploration & New Ventures, President of the North America Production Division and CEO of HydroTexaco in Copenhagen. Ms. Farley is a member of the National Petroleum Council. She also serves on the Board of EnCana. She received a BS from Emory University.
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Jack P. Randall
Co-founder
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
jrandall@Jefferies.com
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Jack Randall is a Co-Founder of Jefferies Randall & Dewey. Mr. Randall works in the Houston office. Co-founding the firm in 1989, Mr. Randall, along with Mr. Ken Dewey, pioneered the oil and gas transaction advisory business by combining sophisticated transaction ability with hands-on E&P expertise. With over 30 years of industry experience, he maintains key relationships with industry leaders worldwide and offers clients the benefit of his contacts, reputation, technical expertise and business perspective. Previously, Mr. Randall worked at Amoco Production Company, where he led the E&P acquisition and divestment group. He sits on the Boards of XTO Energy (NYSE), the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Sam Houston Council Boy Scouts of America, and is Chairman of the University of Texas Engineering Advisory Board. Mr. Randall is a former Board Member of Esenjay Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ), the Foundation for the Arts and Community Enrichment, and a past Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Visiting Committee at UT. He is currently a member of the UT Chancellor's Council, IPAA, SPE, and API. Mr. Randall received a BS and MS in engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Joseph G. Gladbach (Joe)
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
jgladbach@Jefferies.com
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Joseph "Joe" Gladbach is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Gladbach works in the Houston office and directs project marketing and develops new business at Randall & Dewey. Since joining the firm nine years ago, he has completed many successful transactions involving independents and integrated companies. Mr. Gladbach is a natural gas expert whose knowledge base includes worldwide gas marketing, LNG and gas-to-liquids project development. Previously, he worked at Amoco for 18 years, focusing on various domestic and international roles in A&D, strategic planning, gas marketing, business development and engineering. He is a member of the advisory board at the University of Missouri-Rolla's School of Mines and Metallurgy. Mr. Gladbach received a BS from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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Warren Keyes, Jr.
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
wkeyes@Jefferies.com
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Warren Keyes is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Keyes works in the Houston office and is head of the US Acquisition & Divestment Team, which specializes in the economics and technical requirements of acquiring, divesting and accurately valuing producing properties. With more than 25 years of industry experience, 16 in the MA&D arena, he is an expert in navigating the US A&D market. Previously, Mr. Keyes worked at Amoco, where he managed the company's Permian Basin business unit technical team for five years and was a key member of the A&D team that completed many successful transactions. He is currently a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Mr. Keyes studied Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.
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William A. Marko (Bill)
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
wmarko@Jefferies.com
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William "Bill" Marko is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Marko works in the Houston office and has managed more than $20 billion of asset and corporate transactions. Prior to joining Jefferies Randall & Dewey, Mr. Marko first worked more than 18 years in various engineering, operations and commercial roles at Mobil Oil and was Chief Operating Officer of Madison Energy Advisors, a transaction advisory firm. With more than 25 years of industry experience in worldwide acquisition, divestment and new business development, he has evaluated transactions in all major U.S. basins and more than 40 countries. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana and is an active member of IPAA, currently serving on its SE Region Board and SPE, having previously served on the Gulf Coast Section (Houston) Board. Mr. Marko received an MS and BS from Tulane University.
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Frank D. Bracken, III
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
fbracken@Jefferies.com
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Frank Bracken is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Bracken works in the Houston office. He joined Jefferies in 1999 and has received numerous awards related to his equity research coverage of the energy exploration and production industries. In March of 2006, Mr. Bracken moved to the firm's Energy Investment Banking Group where he is transferring his 20 years of industry knowledge, capital markets expertise, strategic vision and management relationships to further establish the firm's strong position in the oil & gas industry. Previously, Mr. Bracken worked at Prudential Securities and spent five years at boutique energy investment banks, including Southcoast Capital Corporation and Howard Weil & Company. He also served for two years as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Gerrity Oil & Gas, as well as five years as the Senior Energy Analyst and Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Select Energy Fund. Mr. Bracken has a BA from Yale University.
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Milton Gillespie
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
mgillespie@Jefferies.com
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Milton Gillespie is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Gillespie works in the Houston office and guides all technical aspects of the firm's knowledge base. With over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas business, he focuses on precision, cost-effectiveness and time-efficiency in evaluating oil and gas assets throughout the world. He was the firm's Engineering Manager from 1993 to 1997 and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 2003. Prior to joining the firm in 1993, Mr. Gillespie worked in petroleum engineering, geosciences, drilling and operations for companies including Amoco, KP Exploration and Entrust. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, IPAA, and the Greater East Texas A.D.A.M. Group. Mr. Gillespie received a BS from the University of Houston.
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J. David Lucke
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
dlucke@Jefferies.com
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J. David Lucke is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Lucke works in the Houston office and has expertise in corporate finance and M&A, specializing in investment banking for the E&P, oilfield services and midstream sectors. Prior to joining the firm, he was Co-Group Head and Managing Director at ABN AMRO in the firm's North American Energy Investment Banking Group. He has also worked at Prudential Securities, Lehman Brothers, and Coopers and Lybrand and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Lucke received an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA from Duke University.
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Steven E. Smith
Managing Director
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
ssmith@Jefferies.com
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Steve Smith is a Managing Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Smith works in the Houston office and is responsible for managing acquisition and divestiture projects on behalf of clients. Previously, he spent 10 years at Exxon in various petroleum engineering assignments, 12 years at Continental Bank in energy lending and as Manager of energy acquisitions & divestitures and seven years at Pennzoil as Manager of acquisitions & divestitures. He is a member of the Houston Producers Forum, the Houston Energy Finance Group and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Mr. Smith received an MBA from the University of Colorado and a BS from the University of Kansas.
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Geoff Angulo
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
gangulo@Jefferies.com
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Geoff Angulo is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Angulo works in the Houston office and is responsible for managing acquisition and divestiture projects on behalf of clients. His 13 years of oil and gas industry experience includes MA&D screening and evaluation, portfolio management, strategic planning for international exploration and production investment, capital budget optimization and exploration & production operating, general and administrative cost benchmarking. Mr. Angulo received an MBA from the University of Houston and a BA from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Randall W. Byrne
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
rbyrne@Jefferies.com
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Randall Byrne is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Byrne works in the Houston office and focuses on acquisition and divestiture services. His oil and gas industry experience includes 10 years as an exploration geophysicist, as well as a diverse commercial and financial background that includes project economic evaluation, international contract negotiation, MA&D screening and evaluation, capital budget optimization, portfolio management and strategic planning for exploration and production. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Director of Financial Analysis at CMS Oil and Gas. Mr. Byrne also worked at Amoco Production Company and Altura Energy in a variety of commercial and technical roles. He is a member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts, the Society of Exploration Geophysics, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Houston Producer's Forum. Mr. Byrne received an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston, an MS in Geophysics from the University of Arizona and a BS in Geology from Purdue University.
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Anne Ekern
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
aekern@Jefferies.com
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Anne Ekern is a Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Ms. Ekern works in the Houston office. Prior to joining Jefferies Randall & Dewey, Ms. Ekern worked at Norsk Hydro in Oslo, Norway, where she had been Vice President of Corporate Communications, Director of Public Affairs and part of the management team for the Hydro's E&P operations. Previously, Ms. Ekern was the Director of Communication and Marketing at the Norwegian Telecom company, Telenor and the Director of Public Relations at the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy, where she worked for four years. Additionally, she was a financial journalist at Finansavisen, and an intern at British Petroleum and Ernst & Young. She received a First Class BSc with honours from the University of Bath, UK.
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Kyle J. Guidry
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
kguidry@Jefferies.com
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Kyle Guidry is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Guidry works in the Houston office and is responsible for managing acquisition and divestiture projects on behalf of clients. His advice to merchant divestiture clients is backed by more than 27 years of petroleum experience, having worked on oil and gas assets from the ground up, including reservoir engineering, MA&D transactions, business development and marketing. Mr. Guidry successfully closed A&D transactions for Amoco Production, Nitrotec Energy Corporation and Halliburton Energy Services. Previously, he served as North American Business Development Manager in the Integrated Solutions Group at Halliburton and was Manager of Business Development and Acquisitions at Nitrotec responsible for economic evaluation of all company projects. He began his career at Amoco, where he gained experience in reservoir engineering, operations, natural gas processing, natural gas marketing and acquisitions and divestments. Mr. Guidry received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisiana -Lafayette and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana.
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Robert J. Maurer, C.P.G. (Bob)
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
bmaurer@Jefferies.com
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Robert "Bob" Maurer is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group of Jefferies. Mr. Maurer works in the Houston office and advises divestiture clients. He manages geosciences and technical analysis and guides the firm's leading-edge electronic data transfer, which makes communication to potential buyers swift and effective. Prior to joining Jefferies Randall & Dewey 13 years ago, he invested 18 years working in geosciences at Mobil, General Crude Oil, The Anschutz Corp., Gulfstream Petroleum, Entrust Oil & Gas and Williamson Petroleum Consultants. Mr. Maurer is a Certified Petroleum Geologist, and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Houston Geological Society. He received an MS and BS from Miami University of Ohio.
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W. Burt Nelson, P.E.
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
bnelson@Jefferies.com
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W. Burt Nelson is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Nelson works in the Houston office and guides the engineering team. He has expertise in petroleum engineering and leading-edge evaluation science, and he specializes in efficient and accurate value discovery and assessment. Prior to joining Jefferies Randall & Dewey, Mr. Nelson was Chief Reservoir Engineer and Manager of Acquisition Evaluation at Sonat. He has also worked at Amoco, where he performed reservoir simulation and pioneered the development of operating guidelines for field-wide CO2 flooding. Mr. Nelson is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas and a member of SPE committees and study groups. He has also served on the board of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He received a BS from Rice University.
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Andy Rogers
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston & Calgary Offices
andy.rogers@Jefferies.com
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Andy Rogers is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Rogers is responsible for A&D projects in both Houston and Calgary. He specializes in reservoir and economic evaluations, planning and operations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rogers was a Business Unit Manager in the Canadian Royalty Trust sector for five years, and worked at Mobil Oil Canada for eight years, where he focused on engineering and business assignments in Canada and the U.S., including Aera Energy in Bakersfield California. He is a Professional Engineer, a member of APEGGA and APEGS, and a past member of the CAPP's Saskatchewan Executive Policy Group. Mr. Rogers received an MBA from the University of Calgary and a BASc in Geological Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
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Dave Roussel
Vice President
Jefferies Randall & Dewey
Houston Office
droussel@Jefferies.com
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Dave Roussel is a Vice President at Jefferies Randall & Dewey, the Energy Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. Mr. Roussel works in the Houston office and is responsible for managing acquisition and divestiture projects on behalf of clients. His 35-year career in the energy sector began with Enron in 1971, where he served in various engineering and operations positions. In 1987, he became President of Enron Liquids Pipeline Company and President of Enron Gas Processing Company in 1989. Mr. Roussel joined Jefferies Randall & Dewey in 2003. He serves on the board of directors and the audit committee of ENGlobal Corporation and is chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Roussel is a graduate of Harvard's Advanced Management Program and received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University.
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Richard Kent
Managing Director
Jefferies International Limited
London Office
rkent@Jefferies.com
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Richard Kent is a Managing Director in the Energy Investment Banking Group in Jefferies' London office. Mr. Kent has over 28 years of experience advising on oil and gas transactions and has 18 years of experience leading teams on transactions. In the last 18 years, he has led a team that has advised on over 70 oil and gas disposals, over 20 oil and gas acquisitions, 25 public offers and 15 other oil and gas transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kent was Global Head of Oil and Gas Investment Banking at ABN AMRO and was responsible for all of ABN AMRO's oil and gas acquisitions, disposals and other corporate finance advice worldwide. Prior to ABN AMRO, he was with Deutsche Bank for 21 years. Mr. Kent has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.
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Alex Grant
Director
Jefferies International Limited
London Office
agrant@Jefferies.com
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Alex Grant is a Director in the Energy Investment Banking Group in Jefferies' London office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Grant worked in the Energy Corporate Finance Groups of ABN AMRO and JPMorgan in London. He was part of the oil and gas team that moved from ABN AMRO to Jefferies in October 2005. Mr. Grant received a Masters in Engineering Economics and Management from the Queen's College, Oxford University.
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Neil Schroeder
Director
Jefferies International Limited
London Office
nschroeder@Jefferies.com
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Neil Schroeder is a Director in the Energy Investment Banking Group in Jefferies' London office. Mr. Schroeder has 11 years of experience advising on oil and gas transactions and has been a Director in oil and gas advisory teams for three years. He has advised on over 35 oil and gas disposals, oil and gas acquisitions and other oil and gas transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Schroeder was a Director in the Oil and Gas Group at ABN AMRO and advised on many of ABN AMRO's oil and gas acquisitions, disposals and other corporate finance advice worldwide over a seven year period. Prior to joining ABN AMRO, he worked with Deutsche Bank for two years and at British Gas E&P for five years in various oil and gas upstream engineering and asset management positions. Mr. Schroeder has a MEng in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University and is a chartered Chemical Engineer.
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Paul Wheeler
Director
Jefferies International Limited
London Office
pwheeler@Jefferies.com
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Paul Wheeler is a Director in the Energy Investment Banking Group in Jefferies' London office. Dr. Wheeler is a geologist by background and worked on exploration projects for a variety of oil companies in South America and SE Asia prior to joining the banking industry. He has over 10 years of experience in the oil and gas sector and has worked exclusively in Oil and Gas Corporate Finance since 2001. Dr. Wheeler has advised clients on a wide variety of oil and gas mandates around the world including oil and gas mergers, acquisitions and divestments, IPO's and private equity capital raising. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Vice President of Oil and Gas Corporate Finance at ABN AMRO. Dr. Wheeler has a PhD in Petroleum Geology from University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Geological Society.
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