SKYE CALLANTINE

Skye A. Callantine is currently the founder and principal of Vigeo Investments, a private family office based in Denver. Over the past decade, Mr. Callantine founded, built and led numerous large private companies in upstream, midstream and minerals generating ~$10 billion in proceeds, with industry leading returns, across multiple basins. Mr. Callantine is currently the founder and Executive Chairman of Validus Energy II, a private onshore E&P company based in Denver. Prior to Validus II, Mr. Callantine served as founder and Chief Executive Office of Validus Energy, leading the company to a $1.8 billion sale of Eagle Ford assets to Devon Energy in 2022. Prior to Validus, Skye served as Felix Energy’s founder and Chief Executive Officer starting in 2013. Under his leadership, the Felix platform built and sold numerous assets consisting of upstream projects, midstream assets and mineral interests across multiple basins over an 8-year period. In parallel with the Felix platform, Skye founded and served as CEO/Chairman of Fortis Minerals, a billion-dollar multi-basin mineral portfolio.

Prior to his private experience, Mr. Callantine worked for Chesapeake Energy where he led the building and development of Chesapeake’s Eagle Ford and Haynesville assets, including leading large, multi-billion dollar international JV agreements. Skye began his career as a geophysicist with ConocoPhillips and served in numerous roles in exploration and production in North America, South America and Asia. Skye served in the United States Air Force. He received a B.S. in Geophysical Engineering from Montana Tech and an M.B.A. from Oklahoma State. Skye is on the Montana Tech Foundation Board, several advisory boards and on numerous controlled private company boards through his family office, Vigeo Investments.