Chief Executive Officer

David Lawler

David Lawler is Chief Executive Officer of Caturus, expanding his previous role as CEO of Kimmeridge Texas Gas and Director of Commonwealth LNG beginning in 2024.

Prior to joining Kimmeridge Texas Gas, Mr. Lawler served as Chairman and President of BP America from 2020 to 2023 as the chief representative in the U.S., leading the collective efforts of bp’s businesses with 30,000 employees and $150+ billion of capital deployed during his tenure. This included forming and implementing the company’s U.S. strategy targeted to achieve net zero by 2050. In addition to his role as Chairman and President of bp America, Mr. Lawler also served as Chief Executive Officer of bpx energy, bp’s onshore unconventional and midstream business. He led a $10.5 billion acquisition of BHP’s onshore assets, the largest acquisition for bp in more than 20 years.

His earlier energy experience included three years in executive roles at SandRidge Energy and PostRock Energy Corporation. These followed a decade at Shell E&P in leadership and technical assignments within the deepwater and gulf coast business units and providing business planning and support to the CEO of Shell Americas.

A Denver native, Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering before earning an MBA from Tulane University. He is also a Trustee of the Colorado School of Mines and a Director of the American Petroleum Institute, where he served on the Executive Committee from 2020-2023.

President, Head of LNG and Gas Marketing

Tim Wyatt

Tim Wyatt joined Caturus in 2025, bringing a wealth of leadership experience across the global energy and maritime sectors, with a demonstrated record of successfully overseeing strategic growth initiatives and operational excellence.

Before joining Caturus, Mr. Wyatt held several senior executive positions at Hanwha Group, including Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer – LNG and Shipping. Prior to that, he spent 12 years at Cheniere Energy, culminating in his role as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Wyatt also previously served on the Board of Directors for Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. and NextDecade.

Mr. Wyatt has over 15 years of experience in commodity operations, marketing, shipping and trading. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Wyatt was responsible for the gas business at Simpson, Spence and Young following earlier energy industry roles with Shell and Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Wyatt holds a B.A. (Hons), International Business Economics/Law, from the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Head of Upstream

Kjetil Jansen

Kjetil Jansen serves as Chief Development Officer at Caturus and has over 20 years of experience. He previously held the same role at KTG, following his promotion from Vice President of Geoscience.

Previously, Mr. Jansen was Head of the Eagle Ford JV at bpx, where he also served as Geoscience Manager for the Eagle Ford business unit and as Development Integration Lead for the company’s $10.5 bn acquisition of BHP’s U.S. shale assets in 2018. Prior to joining bpx, he was Geoscience Manager for bp’s North America Lower 48 business and held geophysicist roles in Houston, TX, and Stavanger, Norway. He began his career as a Geophysicist at Occidental Petroleum.

Mr. Jansen holds a B.S. in Geoscience from Eckerd College and an M.S. in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines.

Chief Financial Officer

Bryan Gunderson

With the formation of Caturus, Bryan Gunderson was named Chief Financial Officer, having previously served as CFO of Kimmeridge Texas Gas (KTG) following his earlier capacity as Senior Advisor to the company and a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Prior to Caturus and KTG, Mr. Gunderson was Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Daytona Resources and President and Chief Executive Officer of Falcon Minerals after being promoted from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Falcon, Mr. Gunderson served as an Executive Vice President of Finance at Nine Point Energy, completed a rotation program within General Electric’s Energy Financial Services business and worked at Lehman Brothers in the Natural Resources group.

Mr. Gunderson holds a BA from Bard College and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Brian Cain

Brian Cain is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer where he leads the company’s public affairs, government relations, brand marketing, and media relations initiatives. Mr. Cain has more than 20 years of political, media, and energy policy experience, including service on public company executive teams.

Mr. Cain most recently served on the leadership team of Commonwealth LNG as Senior Vice President of Government Relations where he led efforts to achieve the first LNG export authorization in more than two years on the heels of the federal government’s pause on LNG exports. He came to Commonwealth LNG from GP3, one of the world’s largest political strategy firms, where he served as a partner in the firm’s Denver office.

Prior to that, Mr. Cain served as Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Civitas Resources, at the time one of Colorado’s largest upstream oil and gas companies. He also previously served as Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs for Denver-based Extraction Oil & Gas.

Mr. Cain’s earlier experience includes public affairs and government relations roles at Anadarko Petroleum and Chevron Phillips. He began his career as a journalist in central Texas after working on John Cornyn’s first U.S. Senate campaign.

Mr. Cain holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Tulane University.

Chief Legal Officer

David Lang

David Lang joined Caturus as General Counsel in 2025, building upon his previous role in the organization directing both the Commercial and Legal teams for Commonwealth LNG.

Mr. Lang has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry as a former Partner in the law firm King & Spalding where he advised clients in all phases of the natural gas value chain. This included negotiating LNG sales and related agreements and guiding clients on energy acquisitions and project financing. He has successfully developed projects from wellhead to burner tip across the globe.

Prior to practicing law, he worked as a reservoir engineer.

Mr. Lang holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and J.D. degree from The University of Texas School of Law.

Founder & Managing Partner, Kimmeridge

Ben Dell

Mr. Dell is a Managing Partner of Kimmeridge and oversees investment activity across the firm. Mr. Dell is currently the CEO of Chestnut Carbon, a nature-based carbon removal developer, and previously held positions as Chairman of the Board and interim CEO of Civitas Resources, Inc.

Mr. Dell earned an undergraduate and master’s degree in Earth Sciences from St. Peter’s College, Oxford.

Chief Executive Officer, Caturus

David Lawler

David Lawler is Chief Executive Officer of Caturus, expanding his previous role as CEO of Kimmeridge Texas Gas and Director of Commonwealth LNG beginning in 2024.

Prior to joining Kimmeridge Texas Gas, Mr. Lawler served as Chairman and President of BP America from 2020 to 2023 as the chief representative in the U.S., leading the collective efforts of bp’s businesses with 30,000 employees and $150+ billion of capital deployed during his tenure. This included forming and implementing the company’s U.S. strategy targeted to achieve net zero by 2050. In addition to his role as Chairman and President of bp America, Mr. Lawler also served as Chief Executive Officer of bpx energy, bp’s onshore unconventional and midstream business. He led a $10.5 billion acquisition of BHP’s onshore assets, the largest acquisition for bp in more than 20 years.

His earlier energy experience included three years in executive roles at SandRidge Energy and PostRock Energy Corporation. These followed a decade at Shell E&P in leadership and technical assignments within the deepwater and gulf coast business units and providing business planning and support to the CEO of Shell Americas.

A Denver native, Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering before earning an MBA from Tulane University. He is also a Trustee of the Colorado School of Mines and a Director of the American Petroleum Institute, where he served on the Executive Committee from 2020-2023.

President, Head of LNG and Gas Marketing, Caturus

Tim Wyatt

Tim Wyatt joined Caturus in 2025, bringing a wealth of leadership experience across the global energy and maritime sectors, with a demonstrated record of successfully overseeing strategic growth initiatives and operational excellence.

Before joining Caturus, Mr. Wyatt held several senior executive positions at Hanwha Group, including Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer – LNG and Shipping. Prior to that, he spent 12 years at Cheniere Energy, culminating in his role as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Wyatt also previously served on the Board of Directors for Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. and NextDecade.

Mr. Wyatt has over 15 years of experience in commodity operations, marketing, shipping and trading. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Wyatt was responsible for the gas business at Simpson, Spence and Young following earlier energy industry roles with Shell and Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Wyatt holds a B.A. (Hons), International Business Economics/Law, from the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Managing Partner, Alpha Business Advisors LLC

Charles Griffie

Mr. Griffie has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, where he previously served as the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Western Midstream Partners, LP.

Mr. Griffie also worked in the Appalachian Basin and was a founding executive and Senior Vice President of Operations, Midstream & Marketing for Olympus Energy.

Mr. Griffie earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver.

He also completed the Program for Leadership Development Executive Education at Harvard Business School.

Former CEO, SandRidge Energy

James Bennett

Mr. Bennett is a former senior executive in the energy industry with 30 years of industry, investing, and banking experience.

From 2011 to 2018, he served in various senior executive roles at SandRidge Energy Corporation, Inc., including President and CEO.

Mr. Bennett graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in Finance from Texas Tech University.

COO, Mubadala Energy

Adnan Bu Fateem

Mr. Fateem is the COO of Mubadala Energy and has over 20 years of diverse experience in the energy sector, including exploration, field development, growth projects, reservoir characterization, and research.

Prior to joining Mubadala Energy, he worked as Senior Reservoir Geologist at Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company.

Mr. Fateem holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology from the United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain.

SVP, Mubadala Energy

Khaled Al Tamimi

Mr. Tamimi currently serves as the Senior Vice President, JV Management of Mubadala Energy.

Prior to joining Mubadala Energy in 2012, Mr. Tamimi began his career at ADNOC Group, a leading diversified energy group, where he held various drilling and advisor roles.

Mr. Tamimi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the UAE’s Higher Colleges of Technology and a degree in Contract Law from Harvard Law School.

Former VP, LNG Trading and Origination, bp

Jonty Shepard

Mr. Shepard is the former VP LNG Trading and Origination at bp, where he spent 17 years growing the company’s market-leading LNG portfolio.

Mr. Shepard began his career at bp in 1992, holding key roles in refining and commercial development across the Former Soviet Union, Africa, and the Mediterranean.

Mr. Shepard holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Bristol.

Director, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Mike Stice

Mr. Stice is a Director of Marathon Petroleum Corporation and the former CEO of Access Midstream (formerly Chesapeake Midstream Partners).

Prior to that, he spent 27 years at ConocoPhillips in senior roles, including President of Conoco Energy Solutions and later President of ConocoPhillips Qatar.

Mr. Stice holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in business from Stanford University, and a doctorate in education from The George Washington University.

Leadership

At Caturus, our leadership team has deep expertise in LNG and large-scale unconventional resource development.