Philip Riley

Philip Riley was appointed as Exploration Permian, Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer on September 1, 2021. Previously, he served as the company’s Executive Vice President – Strategy beginning in March 2021. Mr. Riley has more than 20 years of experience across energy and other industries as an executive officer, investor, and strategic advisor. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Managing Director of private capital funds Bluescape Energy Partners beginning May 2015 and Parallel Resource Partners beginning in November 2012, where he formulated investment strategies, sourced investment opportunities, and managed existing investment operations and performance. Mr. Riley has served as an officer or director of 16 companies, including as Bluescape’s designated director for REP LLC. Prior to Bluescape and Parallel, he served as an investment banker at Imperial Capital, Lazard Ltd. and Petrie Parkman. During 12 years of strategic advisory experience, Mr. Riley advised companies, private investors, lenders, and other creditors in a variety of domestic and international M&A, financing and restructuring transactions exceeding $135 billion in value. Mr. Riley earned a bachelor of business administration from the University of Texas at Austin, with majors in the business honors program and finance.