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Mr. McMahon is a founding partner and a managing director on the energy investment team. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. McMahon currently represents Pine Brook as a director of Forge Energy, LLC, Stonegate Production Company, LLC and Stonegate Production Company II, LLC. Mr. McMahon has also served on the board of directors of several public companies, including Bancorp Rhode Island, The Marine Drilling Companies Inc., Spinnaker Exploration Inc., TPC Corporation, Transocean Ltd., Numar Corporation and Triton Energy. Mr. McMahon's energy investing and advising experience spans more than 40 years and includes founding RockPort Capital Partners, an energy and clean-tech venture capital firm, and heading global energy investment banking at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. He also worked at Harvard Management Company, where he was responsible for energy-related private equity investments, and Amgo Funds. Mr. McMahon has collaborated with Howard Newman, Pine Brook CEO for over 20 years on a number of energy investments. He introduced Howard Newman, during Mr. Newman's tenure as head of Warburg Pincus' energy practice to the management teams of five companies in which Warburg Pincus subsequently invested: Newfield Exploration Company, Spinnaker Exploration Inc., ElectroMagnetic GeoServices AS, Fairfield Energy Ltd. and Kosmos Energy Holdings, LLC. Immediately prior to founding Pine Brook, Mr. McMahon was an executive counselor to the governor of Rhode Island and a member of the governor's cabinet, with primary responsibility for economic and infrastructure development. Mr. McMahon is a trustee of Salve Regina University in Newport, RI and a member of the board of The Alley Theater in Houston. Mr. McMahon holds an A.B. in American Civilization from Brown University and was a member of the Program for Management Development (PMD 33) at Harvard Business School.