Meb Somani

Head of Oil & Gas Investments.

20 years oil and gas experience with Shell and Texaco. Eight plus years in corporate finance at Harrison Lovegrove/ principal investing at Actis and Barclays Capital

Based in: London
+44 203 134 6848

Deals with BNRI include CEOC, Nio Petroleum and Hydra Energy

Meb joined the BNRI team in early 2009. Previously he was Head of Oil and Gas Investments at Actis Capital (2006 – 2008), where deals included Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated LP (where he continues to represent Actis), Gulf of Guinea Energy Ltd and LMKR. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Harrison Lovegrove (2001 – 2006), where he advised on acquisitions and divestments around the world valued at several billion dollars. Previously he was at Texaco (1997 – 2001) as evaluation manager and at Shell (1981 – 1997) in senior petroleum engineering and asset management roles.

Meb is a Chartered Petroleum Engineer and a long standing member of several industry associations. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London and an MBA from Henley Management College.

Mark Bailie

Director

Ten years principal investing at RBS and Barclays Capital

Based in: London
+44 207 773 8761

Deals with BNRI include Mainstream Renewable Power

Mark joined the BNRI team in 2008. Previously he was Head of the Large Capitalisation Buyout division of Barclays Capital, where deals included Alltel (2007-2009), Alliance Boots, First Data and EdCon (all 2007). Until 2005, he was a Director at RBS Equity Finance, where deals included Rhodium Investments, Dage, Towergate and Doncasters. Mark is a qualified chartered accountant and worked for PwC (1995 – 2000) in their corporate finance and audit divisions.

Mark holds a BA in Economics from Manchester University.

Tom Cairns

Director

Eleven years principal investing at Nomura, Cazenove and Barclays Capital

Based in: London
+44 207 773 4538

Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include CEOC, Chrysaor and NGP.

Tom joined the large capitalisation buyout business of Barclays Capital in November 2003, before transferring to BNRI team in 2006 at the inception of the business. Prior to joining Barclays, he was an investment manager at Cazenove private equity (2001 – 2003) focusing on the technology, media and telecom sectors. Previously he worked for Nomura in their Technology Principal Investments team (1999 – 2001) and for Arthur Andersen (1996 – 1999).

Tom is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a First Class Honours degree in Maths from Cambridge University.

David Ellis

Director

Seven years corporate finance and principal investing in metals and mining

Based in: New York
+1 212 526 0770

Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include INR Energy, Enhance Energy and American Wind Capital, Cupric Canyon Capital and Southern Peaks.

David transferred from the Mining and Metals Investment Banking team to the BNRI team in 2006 at the inception of the business. He was an associate director in the Mining and Metals Banking team (2004 – 2006) where the major focus was on project finance debt mandates and project finance advisory work. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, David was at Société Générale (2002 – 2004) working in the Mining and Metals coverage team and at PKF (1997 – 2002) where he worked as an auditor.

David is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds BSc in Accounting and Financial Management from Sheffield University.

Freddie Lee

Director and Head of Investor Relations

Eight years principal investing at RBS and Barclays Capital

Based in: London
+44 207 773 1429

Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Nio Petroleum.

Freddie joined the BNRI team in 2008. Previously he was a Director in the Large Capitalisation Buyout division of Barclays Capital, where deals included Somerfield (2005 – 2009). From 2001-2005, he was an Investment Manager at RBS Equity Finance, where deals included Rhodium Investments and thebrickbusiness Limited. Prior to that he was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company in London.

Freddie holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.

Martin Miles

COO

Eleven years of transaction support and COO experience

Based in: London
+44 207 773 5535

Martin is the COO of the BNRI business. Previously was the COO of the Large Capitalisation Buyout division of Barclays Capital. Martin’s responsibilities include day to day management of the portfolio, execution of transactions, risk management and liaising with other internal functions within the bank. Previously he was an Associate Director in the structuring business at Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays, Martin was with Ernst & Young (2002 – 2005) and Arthur Andersen (1995 – 2002).

Martin is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc in Economics and Management from Leeds University and a MBA from Warwick University.

James Morrison

Director

19 years commodities experience with Barclays Capital, UBS and Rabobank

Based in: Sydney
+61 2 933 46006

Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include Hydra Energy.

James transferred to BNRI team in 2008. Previously he was a Director in the Commodities division of Barclays Capital where he held dual roles of Head of Commodities Sales, Australia (2002 – 2008) and Head of Commodities Sales, Asia (2003 – 2005),a role which required significant exposure to Asian metals markets. Prior to this he led the firm’s base and precious metals sales team in London for Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays, James worked for Rabobank (1998 – 2000) as of Head of Precious Metals in London, UBS commodities (1990 – 1998) and Rothschild Australia (1982 – 1990).

James holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University of Technology.

Todd Swanson

Director

Seven years of principal investing at Third Point and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners

Based in: New York
+1 212 526 0775

Deals with Barclays Natural Resource Investments include American Wind Capital and Cupric Canyon Capital.

Todd joined the BNRI team in 2009. Previously he worked at Third Point LLC (2005 – 2009), where he was responsible for the global energy portfolio with a focus on oil and gas companies. Until 2005, he was at Ascend Capital (2004) and at Thoma Cressey Equity Partners (2001 – 2003) making management-centric private equity investments. Prior to this he worked for KPMG (1998 – 2001).

Todd is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA holder (since 2001). He has degrees in Accounting and Finance from Iowa State University and an MBA from Stanford.