Management Team

Michael Keener, CEO; Michael R. Keener is CEO and President of KP Energy Management.  Prior to forming KP Energy he was a Managing Director at Imperial Capital focused on the energy sector.   Before joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Keener was a Managing Director and co-founder of Petrobridge Investment Management. Prior to forming Petrobridge, Mr. Keener was Director for Shell Capital's U.S. Producer Finance Business.  He had 21 years of finance experience with Shell.  Most of his experience prior to Shell Capital was E&P related with several years in M&A for Shell’s E&P affiliates.  Mr. Keener has an M.B.A. from Loyola University in New Orleans and a B.S. in Business Administration from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.

            Ronald J. Prejean, CFO; Ron Prejean is an owner of KP Energy and serves as its CFO.  Mr. Prejean is a CPA and has an oil and gas accounting practice in Houston, Texas and Lafayette, Louisiana.  He was owner of Drake Offshore a Gulf of Mexico manpower company as well as several real estate interests in Louisiana.  Mr. Prejean has an accounting degree from University of Louisiana Lafayette and is a practicing CPA since 1974.