Mr. Allen advises firms on optimal risk/reward opportunities in both the energy and broader commodity sectors. These opportunities may involve public and non-public vehicles and will take advantage of Mr. Allen's wide-ranging experience in the commodity markets, via his management of Greenbriar Partners L.P.

Greenbriar Partners was founded in 1994 as a strategic and opportunistic commodity investment fund. Its extensive research and fundamental analysis focuses on investments in physical commodity markets as well as commodity-related investments in the public capital markets. Greenbriar's physical trading experiences ranges from minor, precious and exchange-traded metals to agriculture commodities. Mr. Allen has a B.A. in Economics from Albion College, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.