Bio

Chris Artzer is a Managing Director of Ocean Park. With over two decades of business and legal experience, Chris has amassed unique leadership experience in the energy, petrochemical and biofuels industries as a financial advisor, business executive, turnaround specialist and corporate counsel. Prior to joining Ocean Park, he spent nearly 15 years in C-suite legal and business roles – as the President, CFO and General Counsel of Inaeris Technologies (f/k/a KiOR) and the Vice President and General Counsel of TPC Group (f/k/a Texas Petrochemicals) and – where he achieved success in driving 180-degree turnarounds and growth within extremely challenging environments while achieving buy-in from executives, Boards of Directors, and stakeholders. In addition, as an financial restructuring attorney at the boutique law firm of Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay and the international law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Chris focused on representing debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees and secured creditors in both complex Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts in a wide array of industries throughout the United States. Chris received a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law.