Ms. Powers is Head of Business Development at bpx, bp s onshore US business based in Houston, TX since late 2025. She was previously Managing Director and Head of North America Traditional Energy at EIG s Investment Firm. Prior to leading Upstream Investments at EIG, she led the North America Engineering team, which was focused on engineering support across all aspects of EIG s North American existing portfolio as well as new business opportunities. Before joining EIG in 2017, Ms. Powers worked as a Sr. Technical Advisor at Wells Fargo Securities A&D where she spent three years evaluating and marketing upstream and midstream assets. Prior to Wells, Ms. Powers spent several years at Chevron, with increasing responsibility, working both asset development and operations across the lower 48. Ms. Powers has a Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. Ms. Powers strong oil and natural gas industry background and financial acumen qualify her to serve as a director.