Mr. Burba joined Pine Brook in September 2008 and is a managing director on the energy investment team. He has over 12 years of experience in the energy sector as a principal investor, investment banker and project finance counsel. During his tenure at Pine Brook, Mr. Burba has been involved in the firm’s investments in Phoenix Exploration Company, LP, Common Resources, LLC, Common Resources II, LLC and Forge Energy, LLC.

Mr. Burba joined Pine Brook from Credit Suisse, where he was a principal investor in the Special Opportunities Group, with responsibility for investments in energy, metals and mining, renewables, and oil and gas. In this capacity, he was involved in six energy, renewable energy and mining principal investments. Prior to joining the Special Opportunities Group, Mr. Burba was an investment banker in the Energy Group at Credit Suisse, where he advised energy companies in multiple project finance transactions and closed nearly $3 billion in debt and equity capital raises for power, oil and gas, and renewable energy companies. He began his career as a project finance counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, representing energy companies and investors in a variety of domestic and cross-border capital raises, acquisitions and restructurings.

Mr. Burba holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, as well as a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Music (summa cum laude) from West Virginia University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the board of advisors of the Vanderbilt University Law School and the Montana State University Leadership Institute.