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Board of Directors Stephen J. Gatto - Chairman Mike Iuliano Mr. Iuliano is the Senior Counsel of Camulos Capital LP, which he joined in June, 2007. Prior to joining Camulos Mr. Iuliano was Counsel of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi from November 2006 through May 2007, where he focused on private equity transactions and proprietary trading. From February, 1998 until October, 2006 Mr. Iuliano was Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he represented hedge funds and private equity funds in all aspects of corporate transactions. Mr. Iuliano holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a Williams Hughes Mulligan Scholarship recipient. Panos Ninios Dr. Ninios is Managing Director and Principal Analyst, Research for Plainfield Asset Management. Prior to joining Plainfield, Dr. Ninios was from 2000 to 2003 an Executive Director with the Goldman Sachs commodity business (JAron) in London focusing on European Power and Gas markets as well as Distressed Debt Power markets. Dr. Ninios was from 1995 to 1999 an associate and engagement manager, and then from 2003 to 2006 an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co, in the US and Europe serving major European and US energy companies on M&A and commodity risk management issues. From 1994 to 1995, Dr. Ninios was a derivatives analyst at Intercapital Brokers in London. From 1991 to 1994, while working on his doctoral thesis, Dr. Ninios consulted to the UK power sector mostly with Southern Electric PLC. Dr. Ninios holds a Ph.D. in Electric Power Industry Deregulation Economics from the London Business School, an MSc in operations research from the London School of Economics, an MSc in computer science from the University of Dundee, UK, and a B.S. in pure mathematics from the University of Patras, Greece. Kelly Plato R. Kelly Plato, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of NGP Capital Resources Company, has over 14 years of investment management, corporate finance, engineering, and general management experience in the energy industry. In addition to serving on the board of BioEnergy, he also serves on the governing boards of two other NGP portfolio companies, Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC and Resaca Exploitation, Inc (LSEAIM:RSOX). From March 2003 to February 2005, he was a partner of Odyssey Energy Capital, LP, a private capital provider to the energy industry and successor to Mirant Americas Energy Capital, LP. He graduated with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1992 and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1996. Neal D. Roy Mr. Roy is the founder and a managing partner of Clear Creek Capital, LLC. Clear Creek is a private investment firm based in Dallas that is principally focused on private equity investments in the energy industry. Previously, he was a vice president at Reservoir Capital Group, LLC where he was principally responsible for energy related investments. Mr. Roy has been instrumental in the formation of oil and gas companies owned by Reservoir, including AB Resources, which is focused on oil and gas drilling opportunities in the Appalachian Basin, and Kerns Resources, a San Antonio-based E&P company. Mr. Roy serves on the board of directors of AB Resources, Kerns Resources, and Electro-Seise, an oil and gas company with proprietary 3-D microgravity survey technology. Prior to joining Reservoir, he was vice president in the investment research department at Goldman, Sachs & Co, where he ran the Latin America energy and power group. Mr. Roy was previously a senior equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and a buy-side analyst for Merrill Lynch Asset Management. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College. Steven M. Sisselman Mr. Sisselman is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Itera USA, Inc. Itera invests and manages companies in the energy, bioenergy and timber/real estate sectors. Mr. Sisselman has been with Itera since its inception in 1992. Prior to Itera, he was Vice-President of Dalon Inc, a petroleum trading company, that traded and developed petroleum markets in the Former Soviet Union. His previous employment was with The Charter Company where he held various executive positions in finance and petroleum trading, including five years in London serving as Treasurer of Charter’s UK division. Mr. Sisselman serves on the board of directors of both Itera USA and Dune Energy, an American Stock Exchange Company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production in the US Gulf Coast. He received a BS in Finance and Business Administration from University of Florida. Michael S. Johnson Mr. Johnson is a Senior Vice President at Plainfield Asset Management LLC. Prior to joining Plainfield, Mr. Johnson worked at Nautic Partners, LLC, where he was responsible for the analysis and execution of private equity investments across a variety of sectors. Previously, he was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Leveraged Finance group, where he focused on high yield bond, leveraged loan and mezzanine debt financings. Mr. Johnson graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Economics and received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |