Mr. Wilder is the Executive Chairman of Bluescape Energy Partners, LLC ( Bluescape ), founded in 2007 as an alternative investment firm that leverages its private capital, global network, and deep domain expertise to deliver differentiated long-term investment performance in the energy and utility sectors. He has served on the boards of many private and public companies, including Bluescape Opportunities Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: BOAC), NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and TXU Corp. and Exco Resources, Inc., and in executive officer roles at TXU Corp., Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR), and Royal Dutch/Shell Group. Mr. Wilder began working in the energy business in Texas over 40 years ago with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, where he rose to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Shell Capital in London. Mr. Wilder s vision and execution spearheaded the industry s three most successful financial and operational turnarounds at NRG (Board of Directors, 2017-2018), TXU Corp. (Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 2004-2007) and Entergy (Chief Financial Officer, 1998-2004) moving struggling companies from the bottom quartile to the top quartile across a variety of performance dimensions. During Mr. Wilder s leadership, TXU Corp. delivered 65% annualized shareholder returns and ranked 5th best among the S&P 500. For his achievements at TXU Corp., the Harvard Business Review named Mr. Wilder twice as one of the Best-Performing CEOs in the World, ranking 24th among 2,000 CEOs from publicly traded companies in 33 countries in 2010, and 74th among 3,143 CEOs from publicly traded companies in 50+ countries in 2013. No other United States power company executive was honored in either of these rankings. In addition, Mr. Wilder was named to Ten Best CEOs in America by Institutional Investor in 2004 and was named Best CEO and CFO in the Electric Power Sector in multiple years by Institutional Investor. Mr. Wilder serves on the advisory boards of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. He is a former advisory board member of the Global Energy Management Institute, University of Houston, and the Energy Management and Innovation Center, University of Texas. Mr. Wilder is also past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Texas Health Resources and is a past member of the National Petroleum Council, a U.S. Secretary of Energy appointment. Mr. Wilder earned a B.S. in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University, where he graduated magna cum laude and received the university s Distinguished Alumni Award. He earned a M.B.A. from the University of Texas.