Houston, Tx., USA - February 12, 2015, Houston, Tx., USA - EV Energy Partners, L.P., and EnerVest announced that Mark A. Houser, current president and chief executive officer of EV Energy Partners, intends to resign his position at the end of February 2015.
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Mr. Houser plans to remain actively involved with the Company by remaining on the Board of the Partnership.
Following Houser's resignation, the Board of Directors intends to appoint Michael E. Mercer, currently EVEP's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer.
In addition, Nicholas P. Bobrowski, currently EVEP's Director of Finance, is expected to be named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Both positions are expected to be effective March 1, 2015.
Mr. Mercer, along with Ken Mariani, President of EnerVest, Ltd., also will be named to the Board of Directors of the Partnership.
Mr. Bobrowski has been Director of Finance since 2013. From 2007 to 2012, Nick was an energy investment banker with Citigroup Global Markets, where he rose to the level of Vice President in the Financial Strategy Group advising clients on valuation, liability, risk management and capital structure.
Prior to that, Mr. Bobrowski rose to the rank of Captain in the 25th Infantry Division of the United States Army after graduating with a BS in Economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He also holds a MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
Mr. Mariani currently serves as the President of EnerVest, Ltd., and has more than 30 years of executive leadership and operational management experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. He joined EnerVest in 2000 and has served in numerous leadership positions within the company.
Prior to joining EnerVest, from 1991 to 2000, he served as Vice President of Operations for Energy Corporation of America (ECA) and was responsible for engineering, land, geology and production operations. Prior to his role at ECA, he held various engineering positions at Conoco, Inc., in the Midland, TX, and Rocky Mountain Divisions. ■