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Mr. Bell (60) was formerly the Director of Ernst & Young LLP’s Energy Practice in the Southwest U.S. Area until his retirement in June of this year.
He began his career in the energy industry as a production engineer with Chevron Oil Company in the Gulf of Mexico from 1969 to 1972.
After receiving a master’s degree in business from Tulane University in 1973, he joined Ernst & Young in Dallas where he initially worked on oil and gas company audits. In 1977 he transferred to the Paris office of Ernst & Young to coordinate work in the post merger of client Elf Aquitaine from its two predecessor companies. In 1981 he transferred back to Ernst & Young’sDallas office where he was extensively involved in the energy industry.
In addition to his MBA from Tulane, Mr. Bell holds a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and serves on the Visiting Committee for the Department of Mineral Economics at Mines. He is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Petroleum Club.
Mr. Bell is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Foundation and just completed three years as president of the Board of Trustee’s of Ursuline Academy, a girls’ college preparatory school. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Association of Insolvency Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. | 