Chaparral Energy adds new member to board of directors

Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy, Inc. has expanded its board of directors from seven to eight with the appointment of David Greenberg.

He is a new independent member of the board effective immediately.  All of the company’s directors will be up for re-election when the annual shareholders meeting is held June 29.

“We are very pleased to have added David Geenberg to our board of directors,” said Chaparral’s Chairman of the Board Robert F. Heinemann. “Mr. Geenberg’s substantial experience working in the financial and energy sector will further strengthen our board. We look forward to leveraging his expertise as we continue to grow Chaparral into a premier pure-play STACK E&P company.”

Greenburg is co-head of the North American investment team for Strategic Value Partners, LLC. He also serves on the boards of directors at Silverblow Resources and Penn Virginia corporation where he is co-chairman.

Greenberg joined SVPGlobal in 2009 and has led the firm’s energy, power and infrastructure sector investment efforts. Previously he worked for Goldman, Sachs and Company as part of its merchant banking investment efforts focused on energy and transportation businesses.