Board of Directors

William Transier has served as a Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and as a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.  Mr. Transier is the Chief Executive Officer of Transier Advisors, LLC (“Transier Advisors”), an independent advisory firm providing services to companies facing stressed operational situations, turnaround, restructuring or in need of interim executive leadership.  Prior to starting Transier Advisors, Mr. Transier was co-founder of Endeavour International Corporation (“Endeavour”), an international oil and gas exploration and production company.  He served as non-executive Chairman of Endeavour’s Board of Directors from December 2014 until November 2015.   He currently serves as an independent director and Chairman of the Board for Helix Energy Solutions Group (“Helix”).  Mr. Transier has been a member of the Helix Board of Directors since October 2000 and served as Lead Independent Director from March 2016 to July 2017 when he was appointed as Chairman of the Board.  Since October 2018, Mr. Transier has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sears Holding Corporation and as a member of its restructuring committee and restructuring subcommittee of the board.  Since March 2019, Mr. Transier has served on the Board of Directors of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.  From August 2018 until February 2019, he served on the Board of Directors of Gastar Exploration Inc.  Mr. Transier served as a member of the Board of Directors of CHC Group Ltd. from May 2016 to July 2017.  He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Paragon Offshore Plc. from August 2014 to July 2017. Mr. Transier holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from the University of Texas, a Master of Business Administration from Regis University and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Dallas Baptist University.

Prior to joining the Battalion Oil team, Mr. Little was the CEO of Ajax Resources, LLC (Ajax). Ajax was a private equity backed company that most recently sold its assets in the Northern Midland Basin to Diamondback Energy, Inc. for a total consideration of $1.24B. The sale consisted of 25,500 acres in the Northern Midland Basin and closed on October 31st, 2018. The valuation represented a 12.2x LQA EBITDA and ~$33,500 / net adjusted acre generating a rate of return of ~37% for its investors.

Prior to joining the Ajax team, Mr. Little was the Vice President over the Southern Division at EP Energy Company. In this capacity, he was responsible for the regions including the Permian Basin, South Texas, Gulf of Mexico, and the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Over time, EP Energy concentrated its asset base down to three main operating areas. Mr. Little’s primary area of focus was in the Permian basin.

Mr. Little joined El Paso Exploration and Production in October 2007 as Reservoir Engineering Manager over the South Texas and the Gulf Coast regions. He joined the El Paso team as a result of the acquisition of People’s Energy Production. He was later promoted to Director over the assets in the Southern region including the Gulf of Mexico. In 2012, Mr. Little was promoted to Vice President over the Southern US Division for EP Energy LLC. Prior to joining El Paso Exploration and Production, he was a Senior Staff Asset Engineer with People’s Energy Production.

In prior roles, Mr. Little worked as a petroleum engineering consultant with Holditch and Associates, Inc. where he worked both domestically and internationally in reservoir, production, and completions as well as acquisitions & divestitures. Prior to that he worked for Halliburton where he was primarily focused on well stimulation design and execution.

In total, Mr. Little has over 23 years of industry experience.

Mr. Little received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1995 and later received his professional engineer’s license in 2002.

He is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

William Carapucci has served as a Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Mr. Carapucci is Managing Director at Luminus Management, an investment management firm focused on investments across the capital structure of companies within the broader energy ecosystem.  Mr. Carapucci joined Luminus in 2008. Prior to joining Luminus, Mr. Carapucci was an Investment Banking Analyst, focusing on project finance at Morgan Stanley.  Mr. Carapucci graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

David Chang has served as Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as a member of the Reserves Committee.  Mr. Chang is a Vice President at LSP Investment Advisors where he is responsible for originating and managing investments in the energy sector across capital structures.  Prior to joining LSP Investment Advisors in 2011, Mr. Chang was an analyst in the Global Energy investment banking group at Credit Suisse. Mr. Chang holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Columbia University.

Scott Germann has served as Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit and Reserves Committees.  Mr. Germann is Chief Executive Officer of Ridge Runner Resources, LLC, which was formed in early 2018 and is backed by Warburg Pincus.  Mr. Germann has over 28 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and production, having spent the last 26 years focused specifically on the Delaware Basin. Mr. Germann was President of Delaware Basin at BC Operating, until the sale of the company to Marathon Oil in May 2017. Prior to his tenure at BC Operating, Mr. Germann spent 21 years as Executive Vice President and Head of Permian and Delaware Basin at Nadel and Gussman.  He began his career at Exxon as a Senior Geologist focused on the Delaware Basin before moving to Exxon’s headquarters in Houston.  Mr. Germann holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Science in Geosciences from the University of Tulsa.

Gregory Hinds has served as Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as Chairman of the Reserves Committee and is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees.  Mr. Hinds is the founder of Fenceline Minerals, a privately held limited liability company .  Prior to forming Fenceline, Mr. Hinds was the Chief Operating Officer of Jagged Peak Energy, LLC, having joined Jagged Peak at its’ inception in April 2013.  Prior to his tenure at Jagged Peak, Mr. Hinds was Chief Operating Officer of Ute Energy, a private equity backed oil and gas company  with operations focused in the Uinta Basin of Northeastern Utah.  Ute was sold in November of 2012.  Before Ute, Mr. Hinds was the Vice President of Uinta Basin Assets for the Bill Barrett Corporation , where he was primarily responsible for the development of the West Tavaputs field as well as Barrett’s Blacktail Ridge and Lake Canyon properties.  Prior to joining Bill Barrett, he served as Geological Manager for Pennaco Energy and as an Exploration Geologist for Barrett Resources.  Mr. Hinds holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Louisiana State University and a Master of Science in Geology from Texas A&M University.  He is a Registered Professional Geologist in Utah, Wyoming and Texas.

Allen Li, has served as a Director of Battalion Oil since October 2019 and currently serves as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Mr. Li is Vice President in the Opportunities Funds at Oaktree Capital .  Prior to joining Oaktree in 2014, Mr. Li worked in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs from July 2012 to July 2014.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of PHI Inc., Source Energy, and Charger Shale Oil Company.