Steven A. Webster
Managing Partner of AEC Partners, Co-Founder of Carrizo Oil and Gas, Inc.
Experience
- Managing Partner (2005 – present), of AEC Partners and its predecessor Avista Capital Partners, which are private equity firms engaged in venture capital and investment activities in energy and other industries
- Former Co-founder and Chair (1993 – 2019), Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., a publicly traded oil and gas company that merged with Callon Petroleum Company in 2019
- Former Chair, Global Energy Partners, an affiliate of DLJ Merchant Banking and CSFB Private Equity
- Former CEO and President, R&B Falcon Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor and successor to Falcon Drilling Company, a drilling company that he founded
- Founder or seed investor in numerous other private and public companies, including Grey Wolf, Inc. (a land drilling rig contractor), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (an offshore drilling rig contractor), and Crown Resources Corporation (a precious metals exploration company)
Other Boards
- Independent Director, Camden Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (1993– present)
- Independent Director, Oceaneering International, Inc., a subsea engineering and applied technology company (2015 – present)
- Former Independent Director, Era Group Inc., a helicopter operations company (2018 – 2020)
- Former Independent Director and Board Chair, Basic Energy Services, Inc., a privately held well services contractor
- Former Independent Director, Solitario Zinc Corp., a gold, silver, platinum-palladium, and base metal exploration company
- Former Independent Director, Brigham Exploration Company, an oil and gas company
- Former Independent Director, Goodrich Petroleum Corp, an oil and gas company
Qualifications and Expertise Provided to our Board
- Distinctive investment experience in energy and other industries that brings valuable insight to the Company’s investment decisions and financial strategies
- Over 30 years of board, executive, and investor experience with a large number of publicly and privately held companies in energy and energy-related fields
- Extensive entrepreneurial and executive leadership experience in founding and managing multiple companies brings a unique perspective to the Board in strategic, value-based decision making, oversight and risk assessment
- Exceptionally deep board experience, including board chair of multiple companies, has provided him exposure to strategic decision making and approaches to governance that bring diversity of experience to the Board
Education
- B.S. in Industrial Management, Purdue University
- M.B.A., Harvard University (Baker Scholar)
- Honorary Doctorate in Management, Purdue University