Mr. Darden has served as a Managing Partner at Grey Rock Investment Partners (Grey Rock) since November 2023, and he is a member of Grey Rock's Investment Committee and Valuation Committee. Previously, Mr. Darden served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Grey Rock since 2014, most recently as Partner from January 2018 through November 2023. Mr. Darden manages Grey Rock's investment team and leads deal diligence, portfolio valuation, and business development. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Darden worked at Bain & Company primarily in the oil and gas practice. During Mr. Darden's tenure at Bain, he provided deal diligences, built growth strategies, and streamlined operations for numerous upstream and midstream oil and gas companies. Mr. Darden holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia where he was a Jefferson Scholar. Mr. Darden has served as a director of Granite Ridge since 2022. Granite Ridge believes Mr. Darden is qualified to serve on the Granite Ridge Board because of his extensive experience in the energy sector, particularly with respect to deal origination, valuation, and analysis, and his business acumen.