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Mr. Parkes currently serves as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Parkes is a Principal at Ares Management LLC and served as a member of Aria Energy LLC’s (“Aria”) board of directors from January 2008 to September 2021. Mr. Parkes served on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee for Aria’s board of directors.

In addition to his role with Aria, Mr. Parkes has served as a member of the board of directors of Swell Energy Inc. and Paradigm Midstream, LLC, privately held companies, since 2019 and 2018, respectively. Prior to joining Ares in 2015, Mr. Parkes was a Senior Vice President at Energy Investors Funds, where he focused on originating, analyzing, structuring, and closing new fund investments, as well as ongoing portfolio company management.

Previously, he held various finance roles within Exxon Mobil Corporation. In addition, Mr. Parkes was a Financial Analyst in the Global Power Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan. He began his career as a Financial Analyst at McManus and Miles, a boutique investment bank serving the U.S. electric power industry.

Mr. Parkes holds a B.A. from Columbia University in Economics and an M.B.A. from Yale University School of Management in Finance.