J.C. Whorton, Jr

J.C. has over forty years of extensive experience spanning all segments of the corporate value chain from both the physical and financial perspective.  He has extensive experience in natural resource development and operations, Institutional commodity trading, financial and enterprise risk management, corporate governance, and global management consulting for Mergers/A&D strategy, due diligence and public policy guidance.   J.C. has served as an officer and director of a number of public and private companies and non-profits.

J.C. was a member of the National Energy Consulting Practices at Andersen, PA Consulting Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers and SunGard where he was recognized as an international Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Corporate Governance and Trading/Risk Management.  As a consultant,  J.C. has been involved in the due diligence of over 50 billion dollars of corporate transactions.  The scope and diversity of his experience allows him to offer multiple perspectives for value creation and companies’ strategic success in increasingly competitive, disruptive and volatile environments.

J.C. is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) with the NFA and has held all major trading and principal licenses with FINRA and CFTC.  He managed institutional energy trading desks at Prudential Securities and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and has worked closely with global commodity exchanges as key energy futures, options and derivative contracts, such as natural gas and power, have evolved into price risk management benchmarks. J.C. has provided strategic insight and market commentary for many of the leading business and financial news and wire services such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters and Bloomberg.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

· Masters of Administration, Public Administration, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

· Bachelors of Art, Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

· Registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) with the National Futures Association

· Adjunct Faculty and MBA Professional Mentorship Program (PMP) Mentor, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO