ENERGY PLAYERS

Robert "Bob" Vilyus, CEO of Greene's Energy Group LLC, has elected to retire from the company and the board of directors in September 2015. Effective immediately, Frank Mathews assumes the role of president and COO of Greene's Energy Group and will be added to the board of directors. Mathews was recently president of Greene's Well Testing and Wellhead Services. Prior to joining Greene's, Mathews spent more than 30 years at Weatherford International in a number of senior management roles, recently, global vice president of Tubular Running Services & Drilling Tools.

SELECT ENERGY SERVICES NAMES NEW CFO

Select Energy Services LLC, which provides water-management solutions to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Gary Gillette as senior vice president and CFO. The new position, based at Select's Gainesville, Texas, operational headquarters, was created as part of Select's efforts to strengthen the operating company's leadership team as it continues its focus exclusively on the water sector. Gillette brings over 30 years of industry experience to the position. Most recently, he spent eight years with Allied Oil and Gas Services LLC as senior vice president and CFO. He began his career with Ernst & Young before serving in finance and operations roles with Thomson Tax & Accounting. Gillette holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Concord University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the New York Institute of Technology. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Eric Mattson will continue his role as executive vice president and CFO for parent company SES Holdings LLC at the company's Houston corporate headquarters. Mattson will focus on supporting the growth of all SES Holdings companies.

ABN AMRO MAKES SENIOR APPOINTMENT

Robbert Booij has been appointed country executive for the UK and general manager of ABN AMRO Bank NV, UK branch. He will maintain his role as managing director and head of clearing in the UK, a position he has held since 2012. Booji succeeds Paul Gallagher who has accepted a new leadership challenge in risk management for ABN AMRO UK and the International Network. ABN AMRO in the UK serves its clients with capital markets solutions, clearing, commodities brokerage, invoice financing and asset based lending, leasing, escrow and settlement, financial institutions and a Dutch desk for corporate banking clients.

EY PROMOTES ON TO PARTNER

Bruce On was promoted to Partner in EY's Transactions Advisory Services practice. Based in Houston, Bruce has more than 11 years of transactions experience and serves both private equity and corporate clients on the 'buy' and 'sell' sides. He previously worked for EY's audit practice from the New York City office. Bruce received a MBA degree from the University of Texas, a master's degree in accounting from the University of Virginia, and a BBA from Brigham Young University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of New York and Texas.

PWC NAMES SHAPPARD, KARGES TO LEADERSHIP ROLES

Rich Shappard, an assurance partner at PwC, has been named the US Energy Sector Assurance Leader. Shappard has more than 29 years of experience providing services to energy and manufacturing clients. He has spent the past 18 years in Houston focused on public and private energy companies ranging from independent oil and gas producers to global integrated and multinational oilfield services companies. Shappard began his career in the St. Louis office of Price Waterhouse. He was admitted to the partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998. Shappard is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He is a licensed CPA in the states of Texas, Colorado, and Missouri. Additionally, Curt Karges has been hired as the Corporate Finance Oil and Gas US Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance LLC (PwC CF) in Houston focusing on M&A advisory services. Karges has represented a diversified client base from various industries, but holds particular knowledge in oil and gas services, capital goods, industrial and business services. His advisory practice focuses on execution of sellside M&A, divestitures, acquisitions and optimal capital structure development.

FIRST RESERVE PROMOTES STEEN, VACCARI

First Reserve has promoted Paul Steen and Doug Vaccari to vice president roles. Since joining the firm in 2011, Steen has contributed in all three of First Reserve's Buyout Funds core activity areas - resources, equipment and services, and midstream/downstream. Prior to joining First Reserve, Steen was an analyst in the Investment Banking Division, Global Energy Group, at Credit Suisse. He holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and is based in Houston, TX. Vaccari joined First Reserve in 2011 as part of the firm's energy infrastructure team. He has been involved in the contracted midstream space. Before joining First Reserve, Vaccari was an analyst in the Investment Banking Division of UBS. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Vaccari is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

SANDRIDGE NAMES NEW CFO

SandRidge Energy Inc. has appointed Julian Bott as executive vice president and CFO. Bott, who most recently served as CFO at Texas American Resources Company since 2009, assumes the CFO role from Eddie M. LeBlanc, who has served as CFO since July 2013 and has announced his retirement. Bott, who began his new role August 17th, brings to SandRidge more than 30 years of diverse financial experience across the oil and gas and investment banking industries, including as managing partner at Kensington Energy Partners, and principal and CFO at 3DMD Technologies Ltd. He holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Rice University. He has served on the Board of Directors of EQT Midstream Partners LP since May 2012.

REA APPOINTED COO OF TWIN EAGLE

Danny J. Rea has joined Twin Eagle Resource Management LLC as COO, based in Houston. Rea will lead and manage Twin Eagle's midstream business. In addition, engineering, operations, health, safety and environmental functions will report to this position. Rea was formerly vice president, midstream for Anadarko Petroleum and also served as senior vice president and COO of both Western Gas Partners LP and Western Gas Equity Holdings LLC. He holds a bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from the University of Houston.

ENHANCED OIL RESOURCES APPOINTS CFO

Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. has appointed Rick D. Powers as the company's vice president, CFO, and treasurer. Powers replaces W. Kyle Willis, who has elected to retire. Powers brings to the company more than 30 years of experience in both public accounting and the energy industry, serving in numerous roles including financial management, auditing, accounting, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). From 1997 to 2007, he was a national energy practice audit partner at UHY LLP's Houston office, where he provided due diligence, M&A advisory, and public offering guidance to private and public clients, including clients listed on the London and Canadian stock exchanges. His private company experience includes serving as the principal financial officer for an exploration and production company and an oilfield service manufacturer. Powers is a certified public accountant and member of the Texas Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Texas Tech University. Enhanced Oil Resources owns and operates the Milnesand and Chavaroo oil fields in New Mexico.

GULFSTAR NAMES NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

Eric Swanson has joined GulfStar Group as managing director. Swanson joins GulfStar with more than 16 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience. Swanson was previously a member of Morgan Stanley's investment banking group in Houston where he spent eight years focused on the energy industry. Prior, he served on the E&P equity research teams at Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase. Swanson received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

MCKINNEY JOINS LANTANA ENERGY ADVISORS

Lantana Energy Advisors, a division of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey , has named Patrick M. McKinney as managing director. McKinney was most recently president and COO at Rex Energy Corp. Prior to Rex Energy, McKinney served as senior vice president, engineering and operations of Cano Petroleum.

ANTECH APPOINTS NEW BOARD CHAIR

AnTech Ltd., a provider of specialist products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Jan Ward CBE as the new chair of the board of directors. She replaces Tony Everett, who is retiring. Ward has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and power industries. With a mechanical engineering background, she is founder and CEO of Corrotherm International Ltd. Ward previously held a number of positions within the UK Chamber of Commerce network, and currently acts as government advisor on the subject of international trade and SMEs.

SENEX NAMES YERBURY CFO

Senex Energy Ltd. has appointed Graham Yerbury as the company's CFO. He is expected to join Senex in late October. His appointment follows the resignation of Andrew Price, who has been appointed CFO of PanAust Ltd. Yerbury brings 37 years of experience to Senex from executive and senior finance roles with ASX-listed and multinational resources and professional services companies. He has a track record as CFO, most recently with Cardno Ltd., and previously with Macarthur Coal Ltd. and coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy. Yerbury spent eight years with BP in the UK and the US and six years with ARCO pre-merger with BP. He is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Queensland, and an MBA from the Queensland University of Technology.

CEO TO RETIRE FROM PENN VIRGINIA

H. Baird Whitehead announced plans to retire as president and CEO of Penn Virginia Corp. He has served the company for more than 14 years, including four years in his current position. The board has formed a committee to identify a new president and CEO, and has retained recruiting firm SpencerStuart to assist in the search. Whitehead will remain until a successor is named and the CEO transition is complete.

MAGNUM HUNTER APPOINTS EVP, COO

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. has appointed Keith Yankowsky as executive vice president and COO, effective September 1, 2015. Yankowsky brings more than 28 years of engineering experience, including operations, drilling and completions, within large independent oil and natural gas companies focused on both conventional and unconventional resource plays. Prior to his appointment, Yankowsky served as vice president of Appalachia South Business Unit at Chesapeake Energy Corp. since 2013. Prior, he served in various operational and engineering roles at Burlington Resources and Conoco Inc. Yankowsky earned a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Marietta College, Marietta Ohio.

LINN ENERGY TAPS ROTTINO AS NEW CFO

David B. Rottino now serves as executive vice president and CFO of both Linn Energy LLC and LinnCo LLC. He replaces Kolja Rockov, who left the company to pursue other opportunities. Rottino served Linn Energy as executive vice president of business development and chief accounting officer since January 2014. Previously, he served as senior vice president of finance, business development, and chief accounting officer from July 2010 to January 2014. Rottino joined Linn Energy in June 2008 as senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Rottino has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry, and has also held leadership positions with El Paso Corp., ConocoPhillips, and Burlington Resources. He holds a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and an MBA from Texas Christian University.

MCWILLIAMS JOINS NATURAL GAS PARTNERS

Natural Gas Partners has hired Patrick McWilliams as a managing director in its Houston office. McWilliams was previously a managing director for JP Morgan Chase, joining the firm in 2012 to launch its Middle Market Oil and Gas Finance platform, focused on providing debt capital and other financial services to private oil and gas companies.