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Niobrara Player Double Eagle Names Board Member
Double Eagle Petroleum Co. has reported the appointment of Scott Baxter to the Company's Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2013.
Mr. Baxter is the Managing Partner and founded Baxter Energy Partners in 2002. He has over 20 years of energy investment banking experience and has been responsible for building and overseeing industry groups at major investment banking firms. Mr. Baxter has advised a range of Fortune 500 and multinational companies and executed over $150 billion in transactions including M&A, restructurings, and debt & equity financing. Previously, Mr. Baxter was head of the Energy Group for Houlihan Lokey and prior to that was Head of the Americas for J.P. Morgan's global energy investment banking group. Before that period, he was managing director of Citigroup's…
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