Christopher D Ray

Bio

r. Ray joined NGP in 2003 and serves as a Managing Director and General Counsel of the NGP funds. He applies his broad energy deal experience to ensure excellence in the structuring, negotiation, and execution of transactions on behalf of both NGP and its portfolio companies. In addition, Mr. Ray participates in the firm’s decisions regarding capital allocation, monitoring and exits. Prior to joining NGP, Mr. Ray was a Partner in the law firm of Thompson & Knight. He practiced in the Corporate and Securities group in Dallas for eight years, working on hundreds of investment and corporate financing transactions, including the formation and capitalization of investment funds, portfolio company investments and exits, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and public and private debt and equity offerings. Mr. Ray currently serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and on the Board of Trustees of the Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Ray received a B.S. in Accounting with distinction in 1992 and a J.D. in 1995 from the University of Virginia.