Pickering Energy Partners Expands Energy Transition Expertise with Seasoned Investment Banker

PEP Enhances Capabilities for Companies Focused on Decarbonization and Sustainability Providing Strategic Advice and Capital Markets Assistance

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pickering Energy Partners announces the hiring of Diego Kuschnir as Managing Director, Investment Banking. Kuschnir will leverage his more than 23 years of investment banking and portfolio management experience focused on deals in the energy and sustainable resource subsectors. He has invested and advised on over $50 billion in transactions across the broad energy and energy transition markets.

Kuschnir was previously global head and portfolio manager of Solanas Capital, a division of Jefferies and Leucadia Asset Management. Solanas was the continuation of the alternative energy and energy-infrastructure investment strategies Kuschnir developed and managed at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company. Diego entered the portfolio management space after more than a decade of energy investment banking at Barclays.

“PEP’s focus is to advise and invest in premium energy transactions,” notes Dan Pickering, Chief Investment Officer of Pickering Energy Partners. “Bringing Diego onboard further deepens our capabilities and access within the energy transition and sustainable resources sectors.”

“Diego is a rare investment banker, bringing significant principal investment experience which gives him the unique ability to think like an investor when providing valuable advice to companies looking to access capital,” adds Walker Moody, President of Pickering Energy Partners. “Diego’s energy transition expertise is unparalleled, and we are fortunate to have him on the team.”

About Pickering Energy Partners

PEP is an energy-focused financial services platform. Our expertise spans decades across the entire energy landscape. We’ve deployed over $16 billion across all energy sub-sectors. We are, at our core, trusted energy advisors, investors and partners alongside our clients. The PEP platform includes Investments, Research, Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Consulting. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, PEP delivers an experienced, opportunistic team that provides guidance and long-term value for clients while having a positive impact on the companies and communities that PEP invests.

For more information, please visit www.PickeringEnergyPartners.com.

Pickering Energy Partners LP (“PEP”) is an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. Affiliated PEP Advisory LLC (“PEP BD”) is a registered broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC.

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Jennifer Petree / Tina Tallant
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713.269.3776

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