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Mr. Cochran is a Managing Director and founding partner of Post Oak Energy Capital, a Houston based investor in oil & gas operating companies, minerals, related midstream infrastructure and services. Prior to founding Post Oak, Mr. Cochran served as the President of the holding company of Belden & Blake which held operating interests in oil and gas properties and related infrastructure in the Appalachian basin. In 2002, he co-founded and served as President of Signal Hill Power, a merchant power owner operator in the Texas ERCOT market. Mr. Cochran served as a Managing Director of Torch Energy from 1998 until March 2002, Managing Director and Partner at Energy Asset Management LLC from 1996 through 1998, Vice President of Enron Development Corporation from 1993 until 1996, as Project Finance Manager at Destec Energy Inc., a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, from 1991 until 1993 and with Kemper Securities Group from 1989 until 1991.

Mr. Cochran serves on the boards of several Post Oak portfolio companies in the upstream, midstream and services sectors of the energy industry and is a member of Post Oak’s investment committee. Mr. Cochran is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners.

Mr. Cochran received a M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi.