Mr. Webster is Chairman of Global Energy Partners. Mr. Webster has been involved in the investment business since 1975 and in the energy industry since 1979 as an investment banker, venture capitalist, founder and chief executive officer of a large energy service company, and as a director of various public companies.

After beginning his career in the investment banking business with Dean Witter & Co., Mr. Webster co-founded in 1979, Jones, Loyd & Webster, a small investment banking firm specializing in energy. In 1984, Mr. Webster and a group of private investors initiated the first of three partnerships which made private equity investments in energy and other industries. In 1988, Mr. Webster founded Falcon Drilling Company with $300,000 of capital and an aggressive consolidation strategy. Mr. Webster built Falcon rapidly through acquisitions, taking it public in 1995. Through mid 1999, Mr. Webster served as Chief Executive Officer of Falcon and then R&B Falcon, which in 2001 was acquired by Transocean Inc., creating the world's largest drilling company with a $15 billion market capitalization.

Throughout his career, Mr. Webster has been an active investor, particularly in the energy business. In recent years, he has been involved in the formation or repositioning of various companies. He currently serves as Chairman of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Basic Energy Services Inc. and Crown Resources Corporation and as a director of various public and private companies, including Grey Wolf Inc., Brigham Exploration Company, Camden Property Trust, Caledonia Oil & Gas Ltd., Copano Energy Holdings, LLC, Seabulk International, Inc., Encore Bancshares Inc., Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, Frontier Drilling ASA, Medicine Bow Energy Corporation and Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc.

Mr. Webster received a BSIM with distinction from Purdue University and an MBA with high distinction from the Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.