CHRIS CARTER, Managing Partner, NGP Energy Capital Management

As Managing Partner, Chris oversees NGP’s efforts in sourcing, structuring, executing and monitoring investments. He chairs the Investment, Investment Process and Monitoring Committees and is a member of NGP’s Executive Committee. Chris joined NGP in 2004.

Previously, Chris was a summer Associate at McKinsey & Company and an Analyst with Deutsche Bank’s Energy Investment Banking Group, where he focused on financing and merger and acquisition transactions.

Chris received a B.B.A. and an M.P.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, where he was a member of the Canfield Business Honors Program. He also received an M.B.A  from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2008, graduating as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

“Throughout my career with NGP and in partnership with our portfolio companies, I have always enjoyed being a part of high-performing teams. We can accomplish much more together than any of us can individually.”

OF NOTE: I grew up in Northern California as the youngest of nine kids in a step-family. Our Suburban’s license plate was 9ZENUF.

ON HIS MIND: “When I joined NGP as an Associate in 2004, I quickly learned that I was a part of a special firm. It is an honor to carry forward the legacy of our founders as a leader of NGP.”