David A. Hobbs currently serves as Executive Chairman. Mr. Hobbs is an expert in energy industry structure and strategies with nearly 40 years of experience, currently as Executive Chairman of Pantheon Resources Plc and, before that, as Head of Research at The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) where he helped establish a world leading think tank in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Hobbs has also served as Chief Energy Strategist at IHS (now S&P Global) and as Co-Chair of CERAWEEK, providing insight to governments and major energy companies around the world. Prior to CERA, Mr. Hobbs was Head of Business Development with Monument Oil & Gas and managed the North American and Asian businesses of Hardy Oil & Gas.
Mr. Looper has been an independent oil and gas producer since 1982. Experience drilling and operating wells in Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. project management in Botswana, Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Since 1993, Mr. Looper has been focused on the development of large resource plays in West Texas at Riata Energy, Inc. and most recently in the Barnett Shale trend, where his capital providers achieved >100% rates of return.
Mr. Wagner is an industry veteran with an extensive career in the oil and gas sector. His early professional years were enriched by his tenure at Atlas Copco. In 2003, Mr. Wagner assumed the role of Vice President of Business Development at Atlas Copco Comptec in the US. His leadership journey continued in 2011 when he assumed the roles of Divisional President for Atlas Copco Gas and Process Division and General Manager of Atlas Copco Energas GmbH. In 2016, Mr. Wagner was CEO and Managing Director of LEWA GmbH (in Germany) and is currently CEO and Director, Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (the Company’s consolidated subsidiary in America/CEO of Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group). In addition he serves as Director on the Board of Nikkiso Co., Ltd in Tokyo, Japan.