Hugh A. Tarpley
Managing Director

Hugh A. Tarpley has served in various capacities in the energy industry (domestic and international) for over 25 years. He has developed and successfully executed growth strategies for two major energy companies. The key significant component of these strategies was the acquisition of gas and power assets. One of these companies experienced a stock price growth from $11/share to $110/share within a two-year time period as a result of the successful execution of the strategy. Mr. Tarpley has extensive experience in project development, integration process, debt financings, energy supply and sale contracts, treasury, budgeting, and accounting.

Before Complete Energy, Mr. Tarpley was Executive Vice President of Dynegy, Inc., responsible for mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and strategic investments, both domestically and abroad. In that role, he initiated and/or negotiated approximately 30 transactions including the acquisition of Illinova Corporation. Prior to joining Dynegy in 1997, Mr. Tarpley was president of British Gas Americas, a division of British Gas PLC. In that position, he managed British Gas investments in the United States and South America. Mr. Tarpley’s major responsibilities were overseeing Dynegy and MetroGas (LDC in Argentina), creation of an engineering company in Argentina, working on development projects such as Chilean Pipeline, Bolivia-Brazil Pipeline, and the LNG project in Trinidad and Tobago.

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