Brian Nelson

Mr. Nelson, in addition to being a founder of Pontem Energy Group (“PEG”), is the lead manager of PEG’s initial fund “Pontem Energy Partners I”.

Mr. Nelson’s career spans over two decades, principally in senior executive roles with public and private oil and gas companies. He has expertise in corporate finance, financial reporting, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate planning, and commodity price hedging through financial and physical derivatives. Mr. Nelson has worked on and/or led over $11 billion in total transactions, including institutional bond and leverage loans for ATP Oil & Gas (“ATP”) and Energy & Exploration Partners (“ENXP”), volumetric production payments (i.e., “VPPs”) for ATP & Great Western Oil & Gas, and mezzanine debt and equity facilities for multiple companies. Mr. Nelson earned a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Texas at Austin and Master of Business Administration degree from Rice University.