Managing Director
Ed Hirs
A Masters in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration from Yale, Ed Hirs is internationally recognized as an expert and economist in energy. He was the co-founder of an independent power producer, as well and the principal of an investment banking firm and consultant to the DOE Office of Conservation & Solar Energy, among others.
Duties
Solar and Energy Technologies
Houston, TXEducation
- BA, MA Economics, MBA, Yale University
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Experience
- Internationally recognized expert and economist in all forms of energy
- Managing Director, Hillhouse Resources LLC, an oil and gas company
- Partner and CFO, DJ Resources, early shale oil developer building 166,000 acre DJ Basin position at high multiple cash returns
- Co-Founder of independent power producer—sold to primary investor
- Principal of Hirs and Company, Houston, Texas investment banking firm, acquired Niven Associates in successful buyout
- Consultant, DOE Office of Conservation & Solar Energy, and Mobil Oil
Media
- Completed over a dozen authorships, papers and publications; quoted extensively across the world on energy markets