Bio

Mr. Gutke is a Managing Director at Talara and a member of the firm’s investment committee. Jeff has over 20 years of energy experience spanning private equity, structured finance, A&D, investment banking, operations and engineering. He has significant experience in sourcing, structuring, executing, managing and exiting energy investments and has had board level involvement with over 20 upstream energy companies. Prior to Talara, Jeff was a Director at Denham Capital where he oversaw the execution of all critical transactions across the oil and gas investment portfolio. Jeff was a senior member of Denham’s investment team from the firm’s inception. Previously, Mr. Gutke worked at J.M. Huber and Aquila Energy Capital investing in the energy sector. Prior to that, Mr. Gutke was an energy investment banker at Jefferies. Jeff began his career at ExxonMobil, where he was a Senior Project Engineer focused on drilling, reservoir and production engineering throughout the U.S. Jeff earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from Brigham Young University and a Masters in Business Administration from Tulane University, where he graduated at the top of his class.