Executive Officers

Jerry Silvey, 31
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Silvey is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the EQV Group, which he founded in 2022. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Silvey served as a senior investment professional in the Energy & Infrastructure group at Magnetar Capital LLC, where he was responsible for the execution and management of over $2 billion of highly structured direct investments across the energy asset spectrum. Previously, Mr. Silvey was a member of the energy global investment banking group at the Royal Bank of Canada specializing in the acquisition, divestment and restructuring of upstream oil and gas assets. Mr. Silvey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Energy Finance from Southern Methodist University.

Tyson Taylor, 43
President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director

Mr. Taylor is currently the President and a director of the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2022. From 2015 to 2022, Mr. Taylor served as Counsel to Magnetar Capital LLC, where he operated as lead counsel for the Energy & Infrastructure group, managing all legal aspects of the funds, including transaction execution, fund compliance and fund management. Previously, Mr. Taylor was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Star Peak Corp II, a blank check company that completed its business combination with Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL) in September 2021, and Secretary and General Counsel at Star Peak Energy Transition Corporation, a blank check company that completed a business combination with Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM) in April 2021. Mr. Taylor was an attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 2013 to 2015 and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 2010 to 2013. He holds a Master’s in Finance from the London Business School, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brigham Young University.

Mickey Raney, 66
Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Raney is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2023, as well as a Co-founder of Impact Energy Partners, LLC, which was founded in 2015. Mr. Raney has more than 40 years of diversified experience across multiple oil and gas basins in North America. Mr. Raney has made several hundred acquisitions in his career and uses his knowledge and experience to oversee due diligence and establish processes and procedures for a successful transition of operations. Mr. Raney is a Registered Professional Engineer in both Oklahoma and Texas and a life member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He holds a Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University.

Danny Murray, 40
Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary

Mr. Murray is currently the Chief Accounting Officer for the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2023, and the Chief Financial Officer for Impact Energy Operating, LLC, a position he has held since 2018. Mr. Murray has 19 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Murray started his career at Chesapeake Energy, where he held multiple leadership positions in the tax and accounting departments from 2006 to 2017. Mr. Murray holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and a Masters of Accountancy from Oklahoma Christian University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Grant Raney, 35
Executive Vice President

Mr. Raney is currently the Vice President of Land and director of the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2023, as well as a Co-founder of Impact Energy Partners, LLC, which was founded in 2015. In 2023, Mr. Raney was named Landman of the Year by his peers through the Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landman. Mr. Raney is a former senior land professional at Chesapeake Energy. Mr. Raney is very involved in his community and currently serves as chairman of the website committee for the Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landman and serves on the board for the Oklahoma City chapter of Youth For Christ. He holds a Bachelors in Business Administration with emphasis in Energy Management from the University of Oklahoma and is a Certified Professional Landman.

Andrew McKinley, 32
Chief Strategy Officer

Mr. McKinley is currently a Partner and Head of Business Development for the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2024. From 2022 to 2024, Mr. McKinley served at William Blair & Company, where he advised on GP-Led secondaries transactions. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. McKinley worked at Credit Suisse and held roles across the SPAC Advisory and Global Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Groups, advising on various M&A and capital markets transactions. Mr. McKinley holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Brigham Young University

Will Smith, 31
Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Smith is currently a Partner of the EQV Group, a position he has held since 2024. Prior to joining the EQV Group, Mr. Smith was a senior investment professional with Crestline Investors, Inc. from 2021 to 2024, a credit-focusedalternative asset manager providing tailored financing solutions to companies across a range of industries. Mr. Smith began his career at Goldman Sachs as a member of the Global Natural Resources Group, where he was part of a team that provided capital markets and M&A advisory to businesses in all verticals of the oil and gas industry. Thereafter, Mr. Smith held various roles at Tailwater Capital LLC from 2017 to 2019 and Bison Water Midstream from 2019 to 2021, where he oversaw a range of investments in the upstream and midstream sectors. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Energy Finance from Southern Methodist University.

Board of Directors

Jerome C. Silvey, Jr., 66
Director

Mr. Silvey is currently Vice Chairman at Starwood Capital Group, a real estate private equity firm with over $100 billion in assets under management. Mr. Silvey joined Starwood Capital in 1993 and has had many responsibilities including overseeing all of the firm’s investor relations, debt financing, equity fundraising, treasury operations, accounting and investor reporting and tax planning and compliance, including over 20 years on the Executive, Acquisition and Disposition Committees. Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, Mr. Silvey worked for 13 years with Price Waterhouse. He has had a number of roles in charitable professional and community organizations such as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fisher Island Club, Director of Fisher Island Gives, Chairman of the Board of the Stamford Museum & Nature Center, and Chairman of the NCREIF/PREA Reporting Standards Board. Mr. Silvey received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University and a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers Business School.

Bryan Summers, 46
Director

Mr. Summers leads Burtonwood Advisors, a real asset private equity consultancy focused on helping emerging firms navigate the institutional investor market, where he has served since 2023. He advises early-stage private equity firms on strategy, communications, structuring, and market intelligence. Prior to founding Burtonwood, he headed the private Energy, Mining, Infrastructure and Energy Transition Portfolios at Utah Retirement Systems from 2015 to 2023. He led the team in manager structuring, sourcing, due diligence, and instituted a direct investment program in both the traditional and alternative energy sectors. Prior to joining Utah Retirement Systems, Mr. Summers worked for Callan Associates, a leading institutional investor consulting firm, from 2009 to 2015. He assisted some of the largest U.S. pension funds with asset allocation, manager structure, manager search and other strategic projects. Mr. Summers started his career in the U.S. Air Force as a budget analyst and then worked in Deloitte’s tax group. Mr. Summers holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a minor in Russian from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.

Andrew Blakeman, 56
Director

Mr. Blakeman is currently the Chief Financial Officer of STRYDE Ltd., a seismic acquisition equipment manufacturer spun out of BP p.l.c.’s (“BP”) research and development program, a position he has held since November 2019. From March 2008 to March 2023, Mr. Blakeman held various non-executive director and audit committee chair roles in the UK National Health Service (“NHS”), including at NHS Blood & Transplant, Milton Keynes University Hospital (where he served as deputy chair of the board of directors), and the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board. Mr. Blakeman trained as an accountant at Touche Ross & Co (now Deloitte LLP), and spent most of his career with BP, an integrated oil company, where he held various financial leadership positions, including Chief Financial Officer of BP Shipping from March 2006 to March 2009, Head of Control for Refining and Marketing from September 2009 to September 2011, and Chief Financial Officer of UK Fuels Retailing from September 2011 to March 2016. Mr. Blakeman is a chartered accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Blakeman holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Masters of Science in Finance from London Business School.

Marc Peperzak, 75
Director

Mr. Peperzak is currently the Executive Chairman & Founder of Aurora Organic Dairy, a position he has held since 2003. Aurora Organic Dairy is the nation’s leading organic private table dairy supplier. Mr. Peperzak founded Aurora Dairy Corporation in 1976, which became one of the leading and largest dairy operators in the United States. In 2003, Mr. Peperzak focused Aurora Dairy Corporation exclusively on organic dairy production, ultimately resulting in the founding of Aurora Organic Dairy. Prior to establishing Aurora Organic Dairy, Mr. Peperzak was a co-founder and active Chairman of Horizon Organic Dairy, the nation’s leading branded organic dairy producer. Mr. Peperzak has also served as an international dairy industry consultant in Oman, Pakistan, Iran, Mexico, Belize and Russia. Throughout his career, Mr. Peperzak has served on numerous non-profit and corporate boards, and has assisted in the creation of several businesses. Mr. Peperzak was the founding director of First Bank of Idaho, GF&C and Headwaters MB. Mr. Peperzak received a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.