Ali A. Kouros

Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy & Director

Ali A. Kouros is Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Kouros has more than 20 years of energy industry experience, which includes 15 years of energy private equity and credit investing. Mr. Kouros has been a senior advisor to Yorktown Partners’ since 2023. He has been integral in developing and executing Peak’s initial public offering strategy. Prior to his advisor role at Yorktown, he served in a similar capacity for Jefferies & Co., in connection with a spin out of Vitesse Energy, LLC on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VTS). He spent nearly a decade investing in energy assets with Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities funds and EIG Global Energy Partners. Mr. Kouros started his career as a petroleum engineer at Sabco Oil and Gas company and subsequently served as an energy investment banker at Jefferies & Co for several years. Mr. Kouros holds a B.S. in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Finance from Tulane University.