Concord, ON, Canada - July 17, 2013, Concord, ON, Canada - Epsilon Energy appointed Matthew W. Dougherty, John V. Lovoi, Adrian Montgomery, Ryan Roebuck, and Ramik Arandjelovic to the board.
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Mr. Dougherty is a managing director of Advisory Research Inc., an investment management firm founded in 1974. As managing director, he oversees the firm's investments in oil and natural gas producers, and has served as the portfolio manager of the Advisory Research Energy Fund LP since 2005.
Mr. Dougherty holds a BA in religious studies from Saint Lawrence University and is a CFA charterholder. He resides in Chicago.
Mr. Lovoi is the managing partner of JVL Advisors LLC, a private oil and gas investment adviser, and also a manager of Lobo Baya LLC. He is a director of Helix Energy Solutions Group, and chairman of Dril-Quip Inc.
For the last 25 years, Mr. Lovoi has held a number of positions in the global oil and gas business, primarily in the areas of investment banking and equity research. Mr. Lovoi served as head of Morgan Stanley's global oil and gas investment banking practice. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1995, he spent two years as a senior financial executive at Baker Hughes and four years as an energy investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston.
Mr. Lovoi graduated from Texas A&M University in 1984 with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, and received his master in business administration with an emphasis on finance and accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.
Mr. Montgomery is currently the chief investment officer of Tuckamore Capital Management Inc. (formerly Newport Partners Income Fund). Prior to Tuckamore, he headed business development at Rogers Media Inc., where he oversaw a number of initiatives in the fields of sports and entertainment.
A lawyer and member of the New York State Bar, Mr. Montgomery is active in the political process and has served as a senior adviser to politicians at all levels of government.
Mr. Roebuck currently serves as a partner of XDR Capital Group. Prior to joining XDR, he worked as an equity research analyst at M Partners, where he covered companies in various sectors in North America, including natural resource-focused companies.
Mr. Arandjelovic, President and CEO, joined Epsilon in 2007 as an Engineer and was subsequently promoted to New York Project Manager in 2010 and Director of Operations later that same year. In 2011 he became Chief Operating Officer overseeing all operations and was subsequently promoted to President in May 2013 and Chief Executive Officer in June 2013. ■