-Matthew Simmons

Twilight in The Desert -

Matthew Simmons is Chairman of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm. The firm has guided its broad client base to complete over 400 investment banking projects at a combined dollar value of approximately $35 billion.

Mr. Simmons was raised in Kaysville, Utah. He graduated cum laude from the University of Utah and received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He served on the faculty of Harvard Business School as a Research Associate for two years and was a doctoral candidate.

Mr. Simmons founded Simmons & Company International in 1974. Over the past 25 years, the firm has played a leading role in assisting its energy client companies in executing a wide range of financial transactions from mergers and acquisitions to private and public funding.

In 1993 the firm expanded into providing sales/trading and research on the energy industry to institutional investors. The firm now has a ten-person research team providing cutting edge analysis on the energy industry. Its institutional clients include the 200 key owners of the energy industry. In August 1999, the firm opened an Aberdeen, Scotland office to serve its energy clientele in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Today the firm has approximately 90 employees and enjoys a leading role as one of the largest energy investment banking groups in the world.

Mr. Simmons is a Trustee of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine and Commonfund Capital, Inc. (Westport, Connecticut). He serves on the Board of Directors of Kerr-McGee Corporation (Oklahoma City), the Alley Theatre (Houston), Houston Technology Center (Houston), Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (Fort Pierce, Florida) and the Center for Houston’s Future (Houston). He is also on The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Foundation Board of Visitors (Houston) and is a charter member of the University of Houston National Advisory Council (Houston). In addition, he is past Chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Associates of Harvard Business School and is a past President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association and a former member of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School.

Mr. Simmons’ papers and presentations are regularly published in a variety of journals and publications including World Oil, Oil and Gas Journal, Petroleum Engineers, Offshore and Oil & Gas Investors. He is married and has five daughters. His hobbies include watercolors, cooking, travel and reading.

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