NICHOLAS O'GRADY - Chief Executive Officer, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.

Nicholas O'Grady has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2020. Since June 2018, Mr. O’Grady previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He also held the title of President from September of 2019 until his promotion to CEO. 

Mr. O’Grady leads the Northern team in all respects of the business, including investments, financial management, and business strategy. Mr. O’Grady has helped facilitate over $1.2 billion in acquisitions and $2.4 billion in gross financings during his tenure at Northern. Mr. O'Grady has nearly two decades of finance experience, both as an investment banker and as a principal investor. 

Mr. O'Grady began his career in the Natural Resources investment banking group at Bank of America. Later moving to the hedge fund industry, he worked at firms such as Highbridge Capital Management. Immediately prior to Northern, Mr. O’Grady worked at Hudson Bay Capital Management, where he focused on energy-related equities, public credit, private and direct investments. Mr. O'Grady holds a Bachelor of Arts in both History and Economics from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. More information: https://www.northernoil.com/about/management-team